13 hurt when tractor-trailer collides with bus carrying military personnel on New Jersey Turnpike

RUNNEMEDE, N.J. (WPVI) -- More than a dozen people were hurt when a bus carrying military personnel collided with a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike in Runnemede, Camden County.

The crash happened in the northbound lanes of the highway just south of Interchange 3 around 1 p.m. Wednesday.

The bus appears to have been hit from behind by the tractor-trailer.

Video from Chopper 6 showed a number of police, firefighters and medics on the scene.

State police say 13 people were injured, including a truck driver and 12 people on the bus with military personnel.

There was no word on the conditions of those hurt.

The military personnel being transported on the bus are from Maryland.

Chopper 6 was over the scene of a crash involving a bus and a tractor-trailer along the NJ Turnpike in Runnemede on Wednesday.

The cause of this crash is not yet known.

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