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Viral Dashcam Video: Baltimore Bakery Truck Struck by United Airlines Plane on NJ Turnpike

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04.05.2026

NEWARK, N.J. — A Baltimore-based bakery delivery truck was struck by a low-flying United Airlines jet on the New Jersey Turnpike Sunday afternoon as the plane prepared to land at Newark Liberty International Airport, with dramatic dashcam video capturing the terrifying moment and quickly going viral across social media. The truck driver suffered only minor cuts from broken glass and was able to pull over safely, while the aircraft landed without further incident and no passengers were injured.

The incident occurred around 1:50 p.m. Sunday when United Flight 169, a Boeing 767-400, clipped a light pole and then struck the northbound tractor-trailer on the turnpike near the airport. Dashcam footage from the H&S Bakery/Schmidt Bakery truck shows the massive plane descending low overhead before its landing gear or fuselage makes contact, sending debris flying and shattering the truck's windows. The video has amassed hundreds of thousands of views within hours.

Chuck Paterakis, senior vice president of transportation and logistics and co-principal at Baltimore-based H&S Family of Bakeries, identified the driver as Warren Boardley of Baltimore. Boardley was en route to a Schmidt Bakery depot in Newark, delivering bread products, when the collision happened just before he was set to exit the turnpike. Paterakis said Boardley was........

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