Dump Truck

Thursday's deadly crash of a school bus and a dump truck in Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, has drawn the attention of the National Transportation Safety Board, whose investigators are expected to be at the scene for several days. The federal probe will take about a year to complete, an NTSB official said Friday. Safety issues, especially the use of seat belts, were of interest to the agency, which selectively investigates highway accidents. "The only information we are going to present is factual information," chief investigator Pete Kotowski said at a news conference in Chesterfield.

A collision between a dump truck and a school bus in rural Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, on Thursday morning killed an 11-year-old triplet and critically injured her two sisters and another student. A State Police spokesman said Isabelle Tezsla, a pupil at Chesterfield Township Elementary School, died at the scene. Her father is Sgt. Anthony Tezsla, a state trooper, said the spokesman, Trooper Christopher Kay. Tezsla is assigned to the State House in Trenton, according to a former state police official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

A driver killed in a Cherry Hill crash Thursday was identified as a Cinnaminson woman whom neighbors and friends described as a wonderful friend and mother. Gail Walsh, 57, of Sussex Drive, was pronounced dead at the scene after a dump truck filled with sand overturned atop her Lexus SUV on Haddonfield-Berlin Road near Morris Drive. As police continued to investigate the cause of the accident, friends recalled Walsh as a dedicated advocate for autism research and awareness.

A woman was killed after a dump truck carrying sand flipped over and landed on the SUV she was driving in Cherry Hill shortly before noon Thursday, police said. The woman, whose identity was withheld pending notification of family, died at the scene of the accident at Haddonfield-Berlin Road and Morris Drive, said Lt. Bill Kushina, a township police spokesman. Two Good Samaritans stopped and frantically shoveled sand off the vehicle, a Lexus RX 350 with New Jersey license plates, according to two doctor's office employees who witnessed the aftermath.

The woman killed Thursday when a dump truck loaded with sand toppled onto her SUV in Cherry Hill was identified today as 57-year-old Gail Walsh of Cinnaminson. Police said the investigation is continuing into the accident on Haddonfield Berlin Road and no charges have been filed. The driver of the tri-axle dump truck at the same time was identified as Ezequiel Rivera, 40, of Camden. Police said the initial investigation indicated the accident occurred when dump truck, traveling north on Haddonfield-Berlin, swerved to avoid a third vehicle that had pulled out of Morris Drive in an attempt to turn left onto Haddonfield-Berlin.

A woman was killed today when a dump truck carrying sand flipped and landed on her SUV in Cherry Hill. The truck, which was traveling west on Haddonfield-Berlin Road, swerved to avoid a vehicle emerging from Morris Drive, a side street, and trying to make a left turn. The truck fell on a Lexus RX350 that was heading east, said Lt. Bill Kushina, a spokesman for the Cherry Hill police. The sand in the truck shifted and the truck fell on its side atop the SUV around 11:50 a.m., Kushina said.

Evening rush-hour traffic is moving slowly off the Walt Whitman Bridge onto Route 76 in New Jersey due to a backup created by a multi-car accident on southbound Route 42 in Deptford, according to the Delaware River Port Authority and State Police. A dump truck overturned and spilled gravel on Route 42 between exits 12 and 13 around 3 p.m., according to State Police Lt. Stephen Jones. At least four vehicles were involved. Drivers suffered minor to moderate injuries, he said. All lanes are open, State Police said shortly before 5:30 p.m. Police are gathering details on the accident.

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