Traffic slowed down along a stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike in South Jersey after a truck went off the road and got wedged under an overpass.
The tractor-trailer crash around 3:35 a.m. Tuesday caused crews to block the right lane of the southbound Turnpike near milepost 37 between routes 38 and 73 in Mount Laurel, Burlington County.
The driver of the Kenworth truck "lost directional control, struck the guardrail, overturned, and became wedged underneath the Moorestown Overpass Ramp," New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said.
Hours later, the truck remained wedged under the overpass that is used by service vehicles.
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There weren't immediate backups, but there was a potential for traffic to snarl as drivers slowed down to see what happened.
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The force of the wreck caused major damage to the front of the truck.
The truck driver had to be extricated from the wreck and was hospitalized, a source close to the investigation said.
State police later said that driver sustained moderate injuries.
There crash was no longer causing a lane blockage by mid afternoon.
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