The driver of a tanker truck died when his rig exploded after overturning on the New Jersey Turnpike on Wednesday evening.
According to reports, motorists were forced to stop suddenly when a cargo van carrying several mattresses lost a mattress on the roadway. The driver of the tanker truck swerved right in order to avoid hitting one of the motorists that came to a sudden stop, but lost control of his rig and overturned after hitting the highway guardrail.
Witnesses say the truck “blew up instantly.”
The chilling incident was captured on another driver’s dash cam. In the footage, one man can be seen trying to approach the burning tanker, but the heat of the flames and several smaller explosions prevent him from getting near the truck.
The driver of the truck has not yet been identified. No one else was injured in the incident.