The crash happened on Route 206 in Mount Olive around 5:45 a.m., a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office said. The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.
The identity of the victim is not immediately being released.
The driver of the garbage truck was not injured. There were no passengers in either vehicle.
The collision remains under investigation by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office Vehicular Homicide Task Force, Morris County Sheriff's Office, and Mount Olive Police Department.
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