An Amazon truck and cement truck both erupted in flames in the 10 p.m. crash in Bethlehem Township around 9:50 p.m. at mile marker 8.4, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. Both truck were empty.
The drivers, a 44-year-old man of Hialeah, FL, and 41-year-old man of Sugar Land, TX, were taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Fires were extinguished and the center and right lane remained closed for the cleanup until around 5 a.m.
The circumstances around the crash remain under investigation.
Firefighters captured video of the blaze being extinguished.
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