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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies

Driver injured after United plane strikes truck while landing at Newark airport

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Newark Liberty international airport in Newark, New Jersey, on 23 March 2026. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters

The driver of a delivery truck emerged with only minor injuries after his tractor trailer was struck by a passenger jet landing in New Jersey’s busy Newark airport on Sunday afternoon, officials said.

New Jersey state police said a landing tire and the underside of a United Airlines plane arriving from Venice, Italy, hit the truck in question. The Boeing 767 aircraft also clipped a light pole, which in turn struck a Jeep.

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