Driver killed, passenger hurt after dump truck runs off road and into N.J. river

The crash occurred late Thursday night in Cumberland County.

A truck driver was killed and his passenger injured after the vehicle ran off a Cumberland County roadway and into a river late Thursday night, police said.

Matthew Jacobs Jr., 60, of Bridgeton, was driving a dump truck southbound on Bridgeton-Fairton Road/Route 553 in Fairfield Township around 11:30 p.m. when the vehicle left the roadway to the righthand side and plunged into the Cohansey River, according to a New Jersey State Police spokesman. Jacobs died of his injuries and his passenger was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries, police said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, according to investigators, and additional details were not released.Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to

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