Dashcam footage released on Sunday shows the moment a United Airlines flight struck a light pole and hit a truck as it landed at Newark Airport.
A United Airlines flight hit the top of a truck on the New Jersey turnpike during its approach to Newark Airport, sending the driver to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The plane landed safely with minor damage.
The driver was en route to deliver bread to a Newark Airport terminal.
“The driver experienced a commercial plane’s tires landing on the tractor or brushing the top of the tractor,” Chuck Paterakis, vice president of transportation for Schmidt Bakery and owner of H&S Family of Bakeries, told ABC News.
“The driver, Warren Boardley of Baltimore, was traveling northbound on the Turnpike at the time of the incident. Paterakis said Boardley was able to safely pull over after the strike and contact his employer,” ABC reported.
“The trailer is not damaged, and the bread product was not touched,” Paterakis said.
WABC reported:
A United Airlines flight arriving from Italy struck a light pole and a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike while on final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon, damaging the truck and sending its driver to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said.
A United Airlines flight arriving from Italy struck a light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike while on final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon, damaging a truck and sending its driver to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said.
Despite the collision, the aircraft landed safely.
There were 221 passengers and 10 crew members on board, and no injuries were reported among those on the plane. United said the aircraft taxied to the gate normally and sustained only minor damage.
The Port Authority Police Department and New Jersey State Police responded to the scene on the Turnpike. Authorities said the tractor-trailer driver was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been released.
Wild dashcam footage shows the moment the plane hit the top of the bakery truck.
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