Somerset County, NJ — October 2, 2024, five people were injured following a tanker truck accident at around 8:45 a.m. along Anderson Hill Road.
Preliminary information about the accident said that a tanker truck was traveling along Anderson Hill Road at the time. The truck reportedly lost control and overturned, landing on two vehicles in doing so.
Reports say that at least five people were injured in the crash. At least one of those people had to be airlifted from the scene. Other conditions were not specified. At this time, there is no reported cause for the crash, and authorities did not report any charges or citations.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
While the cause of the crash remains unclear, some reports speculate that the truck involved here was traveling on a roadway that it was “too heavy to operate on.” If that’s true, why was it there? Was there some kind issue with signage that failed to warn the driver? Was this a truck driver trying to take a shortcut to meet a tight deadline? Was this an inexperienced truck driver? Did an employer fail to provide their driver with the proper route?
People often think serious truck wrecks are just down to a reckless driver making a mistake, but there could be a complex series of events that ultimately led to this crash. If authorities aren’t able to retrace the steps that led to the accident, they may actually end up letting a wrongdoer off the hook.
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