No foul play was immediately suspected.
The rig had been parked on the shoulder of southbound Route 95 at mile marker 121.3 just past the Route 4 overpass in Fort Lee headed toward the New Jersey Turnpike/Route 80 split on Thursday morning, Sept. 8.
New Jersey State Police were investigating, assisted by the state Department of Transportation and a medical examiner.
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