Concrete truck rolls onto SUV in New Jersey

Summit, NJ- The driver of a concrete mixer truck became trapped after his vehicle overturned onto an SUV early Monday morning.

The accident occurred around 8:45 a.m. when the concrete truck driver was attempting to take a right turn onto Morris and Springfield Avenues. The wheels of the truck jumped the curve and tumbled onto a SUV.

The driver of the SUV, who is an unidentified woman, jumped out of her vehicle just before the truck fell over, according to the Summit Patch. She was found in the street visibly shaken. He silver SUV was demolished.

A witness to the accident told the Patch, “I was thinking ‘Wow that truck is going too fast for a concrete truck.’ Then, the crash just happened inches away from me.”

The truck driver was trapped in his vehicle for over an hour while emergency crews worked to extricate him. His exact condition is unknown, but he was conscious.

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