A gasoline tanker, carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel, exploded after a car collided into it causing a fiery blaze at 1:45 a.m. early Tuesday morning in Elizabeth, NJ at the intersection of Bayway Avenue.
The car wedged underneath the burning gasoline tanker, trapping the driver inside the vehicle.
The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene, and the tanker truck driver escaped the burning truck without serious injury
Cause of the crash remains under investigation
Along with News video, here's video footage provided by Ed Gray, allhandsgoingtowork on YouTube, of the fire ground operations...
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(The usual disclaimers: I am not a journalist; This is a blog that expresses an outlook and is not conclusive in any shape or manner.)