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Driver injured after truck was struck by United plane landing at Newark airport
Delivery truck driver emerged with minor injuries after underside of jet hit tractor trailer in New Jersey on Sunday
The driver of a delivery truck emerged with only minor injuries after his tractor trailer was struck by a passenger jet landing in New Jersey’s busy Newark airport on Sunday afternoon, officials said.
New Jersey state police said a landing tire and the underside of a United Airlines plane arriving from Venice, Italy, hit the truck in question. The Boeing 767 aircraft also clipped a light pole, which in turn struck a Jeep.
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Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies · Mon, May 4, 2026, 6:33 AM
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Delivery truck driver emerged with minor injuries after underside of jet hit tractor trailer in New Jersey on Sunday
The driver of a delivery truck emerged with only minor injuries after his tractor trailer was struck by a passenger jet landing in New Jersey’s busy Newark airport on Sunday afternoon, officials said.
New Jersey state police said a landing tire and the underside of a United Airlines plane arriving from Venice, Italy, hit the truck in question. The Boeing 767 aircraft also clipped a light pole, which in turn struck a Jeep.
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