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Fiery Crash Involving Amazon, Cement Trucks Hospitalizes Drivers On Route 78 (Video)

Two truck drivers were hospitalized in a fiery crash late Friday, Dec. 9 on Route 78 in Hunterdon County, authorities said.

At the scene.

At the scene.

Photo Credit: Bloomsbury Hose Co. #1

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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