Glassboro man killed in collision with trash truck in Sicklerville
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A 34-year-old Glassboro man was killed when his car collided with the back of a garbage truck in the Sicklerville section of Gloucester Township on Tuesday evening.
At around 6:15 p.m., Gloucester Township police officers responded to the 900 block of Johnson Road after reports of a serious crash with a vehicle possibly on fire and person trapped inside, the department said Friday.
A 2005 Chevrolet Malibu had struck the back of a garbage truck, and the driver was pinned inside. Firefighters with Lambs Terrace Fire Department worked to get the person, who was seriously injured, out of the Malibu. EMTs with Inspira and Virtua paramedics worked to stabilize the driver, who was taken to Jefferson Health Washington Township with life-threatening injuries.
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The roadway was closed for about three hours while investigators were on the scene. A preliminary investigation found that the trash truck had two employees at the back of it loading waste into it, while the driver was in the cab of the truck. One of the employees saw the Chevrolet heading toward them, with no indication it would stop. That employee pushed the other employee out of the way moments before impact.
Neither employee was injured, nor was the driver of the truck.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is urged to contact the Gloucester Township Police Department at 856-228-4500 or via the GTPD Anonymous Crime Tip Line at 856-842-5560. To send an anonymous tip via text message to GTPD, text the keyword "TIP GLOTWPPD" and the tip message to 888777. Anonymous tips may be submitted online at https://local.nixle.com/tip/alert/5170177.
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Phaedra Trethan has been a reporter and editor in South Jersey since 2007 and has covered Camden and surrounding areas since 2015, concentrating on issues relating to quality of life and social justice for the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. She's called South Jersey home since 1971. Contact her with feedback, news tips or questions at ptrethan@gannettnj.com, on Twitter @By_Phaedra, or by phone at 856.486-2417.
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This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Sicklerville NJ trash truck crash kills Glassboro man
