Giuseppe Zuccarello, 78, sustained fatal injuries in a collision involving a box truck and a semi truck on the New Jersey Turnpike in East Brunswick, New Jersey
Police looking for tractor trailer accused of striking box truck in deadly hit-and-run
The 25-foot-long white Isuzu box truck was traveling north in the truck lane of the highway on Wednesday around 10:45 p.m. in East Brunswick when it was struck by the tractor trailer near milepost 78.8, according to a release from the state police.
Police: 78-year-old killed in hit-and-run on New Jersey Turnpike
Authorities believe he was standing outside of his box truck when he was hit by another truck that then fled the scene.
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