A Baltimore truck driver for H&S Bakery was en route to a depot in Newark on Sunday when a United Airlines plane carrying 221 people collided with it on the New Jersey Turnpike.
No one on the flight was hurt, but the truck driver was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for minor injuries. He was released shortly thereafter, The Associated Press reported.
Footage from a camera on the truck’s dashboard and obtained by WJZ captured the frightful moment when a landing tire on United Airlines Flight 169 — headed to Newark Liberty International Airport from Venice, Italy — broke through the windshield.
The driver was traveling to a Schmidt bakery depot and about to exit the turnpike when the truck was hit, Chuck Paterakis, senior vice president of transportation and logistics and co-principal at Baltimore-based H&S Bakery, told WJZ, a media partner of The Banner.
The driver was treated for injuries from glass in his arm and hand, according to WJZ.
Officials at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told the AP that the Boeing 767 sustained minor damage and ultimately landed safely.
The National Transportation Safety Board said an NTSB investigator would arrive in Newark on Monday and that it had directed United to provide the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder for the investigation. A preliminary report was expected within 30 days, the NTSB said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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