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Tanker With 6,000 Gallons Of Scotch Overturns, Catches Fire
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Jen Chung
Published Jun 5, 2013
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Of all the horrors: A tanker carrying 6,000 gallons of scotch whisky overturned in New Jersey—and then the scotch caught fire!
The incident occurred yesterday morning in Woodbridge, NJ. According to the authorities, the truck (owned by B-Line Trucking of Newark) was on King Georges Road. Then it "was making a turn when it clipped a telephone pole, hit a parked Cadillac and ignited."
The driver suffered minor injuries. It's unclear how much scotch whisky was lost or what brand it was.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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