Ice Cream Truck Bursts Into Flames In Bergen County Crash: Police

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — An ice cream truck burst into flames during a chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike late on Tuesday afternoon, state police said.

State troopers responded to the crash just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on the western spur of the Turnpike in East Rutherford, said Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron.

Lebron said Wednesday that based on a preliminary investigation, a tractor-trailer was traveling north when it struck a construction barrier on the right, veered left, and hit a Volvo bobtail in the center lane.

The Volvo veered left and hit a Mercedes in the left lane, which then hit a construction barrier, Lebron said.

An ice cream truck traveling in the right lane struck the tractor-trailer, and both vehicles burst into flames, he said.

However, no injuries were reported on the scene, he said.

The crash remains under investigation, and no additional information is available, he said.