The driver of the tractor trailer got out of the rig to check on the passengers in the bus. That's when a second bus rammed the back of the tractor trailer. A passenger vehicle was also involved in the crash.
Numerous ambulances were summoned to the scene.
A total of 17 people were injured on the two buses. Two people from the passenger vehicle were also injured. Officials say no one was seriously injured.
The uninjured passengers are being taken by ambulances to a rest stop at mile marker 56.5 where they will be getting on NJ Transit buses and taken to an area where they will be served coffee and given the opportunity to make phone calls.
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