Memorial service for driver killed in tanker truck accident on New Jersey Turnpike in Kearny

Thursday, October 15, 2015
KEARNY, N.J. (WABC) -- A driver killed when his tanker truck overturned and burst into flames on the New Jersey Turnpike earlier this month will be remembered Thursday.

A wake and memorial service for Dalip Kumar will be held at Levandoski-Grillo Funeral Home in Bloomfield, N.J.

His ashes will be sent back to India.
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JSK Transport says Kumar lived in Newark and worked for the trucking company for the last nine months.

The 40-year old sent the money he made back to India to support his wife and children.

Police say he crashed Oct. 7 in Kearny after swerving to avoid mattresses that fell from the roof of another vehicle.



A man driving along on the turnpike witnessed the fiery crash:
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