Several injured in Turnpike accident

A serious accident between three tractor trailers and a NJ Transit bus on the northbound New Jersey Turnpike Wednesday morning injured eight people, according to the transit agency.

Spokesman Bill Smith says the NJ Transit bus was carrying sixty-one passengers that was scheduled to arrive in Weehawken at 8:17. According to its schedule the bus made stops in Howell, Freehold, Manalapan and Old Bridge before heading towards the Turnpike.

Overhead shots of the scene show several ladders being used to assist passengers off the bus.  ABC 7 reports four people were taken to University Hospital in Newark for treatment with one suffering life-threatening injuries. The uninjured passengers were put on another bus to continue their trip.

The crash was near exit #13 (Goethals Bridge/I-278) with all truck lanes occasionally closed as the clean-up and investigation of the accident went on all morning. New Jersey Fast Traffic's Jay Trelese says all lanes reopened around 1 p.m..

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• Several vehicles including NJ Transit bus in wreck on Turnpike / ABC 7
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