2 dead, 3 firefighters injured in crash on White Horse Pike in South Jersey

The crash involved a firetruck and a civilian vehicle.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
MAGNOLIA, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Two people are dead and three firefighters are injured after a crash in South Jersey, officials say.

Camden County officials say it happened just before 10 a.m. Wednesday at the White Horse Pike and Warwick Road in Magnolia.
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The crash involved a firetruck with the Lawnside Fire Company and a civilian vehicle. Officials said the truck was responding to an emergency when the crash happened.

Video from Chopper 6 showed multiple fire personnel and emergency responders on the scene.

Deadly crash involving firetruck in Magnolia, NJ


Crews put up a green tarp around noon at the crash scene where the vehicle remained.



"I actually saw the car go up off the ground and when I looked up, I saw the car was coming back down and I grabbed my phone and called 911," one neighbor said.

Officials tell Action News the two people who died were from inside the vehicle.
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The three firefighters were taken to Jefferson Stratford Hospital with minor injuries.

The Camden County Prosecutor's Office was sending a crash team to the site to investigate.

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