Upper Darby man killed in fiery crash on New Jersey Turnpike

A 38-year-old Upper Darby man was killed in a fiery truck accident on the New Jersey Turnpike.

The trucker, whose name has not yet been released, was driving a double tractor-trailer northbound when it struck a vehicle stopped on the side of the road.

Troopers responded to a motor vehicle crash Wednesday at 11:50 p.m. on the New Jersey Turnpike north, on the inner roadway at milepost 72, Cranbury Township, Middlesex County.

Preliminary investigation showed a Honda passenger car was stopped on the right shoulder in the area of mile post 72 of the north inner roadway.