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Tanker Hauling 8,500 Gallons Of Gas Overturns Onto 2 Cars, 5 Hospitalized In NJ

Police have provided an update into a tanker truck crash that sent five people to the hospital Wednesday morning, Oct. 2.

NJSP medevac (file photo).

NJSP medevac (file photo).

Photo Credit: Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department Facebook photo

One person was airlifted and four people were taken by ground to various hospitals after the crash with a 2018 Kenworth tractor-trailer loaded with 8,500 gallons of gasoline on Anderson Hill Road ust north of Seney Drive around 8:20 a.m., Bernardsville police said.

The tractor-trailer was heading north on Anderson Hill Road when for it lost power and began rolling backward, police said. The tractor-trailer began to jackknife, then overturned onto the two vehicles directly behind it, which were also traveling north on Anderson Hill Road. 

One victim was extricated from a Mazda CX5 and airlifted to Morristown Memorial Hospital. Four other people were rushed to local hospitals. All were in stable condition as of press time, police said.

CBS News live-streamed footage from the scene. 

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