Victim in fatal crash involving pickup, dump truck ID'd

FRANKLIN TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- Police have identified the man killed in a crash on Route 55 in Franklin Township, New Jersey.

Peter Koslowsky, 33, of Erma, died in the wreck around 3 a.m. Thursday in the northbound lanes approaching Route 40.

Watch video from the Action Cam and Chopper 6 HD after a pickup truck traveling the wrong way on Rt. 55 North struck a dump truck.

State police tell Action News a pickup truck heading southbound in the northbound lanes collided with a dump truck, causing both vehicles to catch fire.

The dump truck overturned, spilling fuel and its load of what appeared to be sand across the highway.

Fatal crash in Franklin Twp., NJ: Matt Pellman reports during Action News at 5:30 a.m. on June 22, 2017.

Video from Chopper 6 HD showed the pickup truck several hundred feet away. It had sustained heavy damage.

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