Another accident on Route 280 this afternoon - less than a mile from an earlier crash - left one person dead in Newark.
Troopers responded to Interstate 280 westbound at mile marker 12.4 in Newark for an accident involving a passenger vehicle and a tractor trailer at approximately 12 p.m. today.
Investigation indicated that a 2001 Dodge Tam 2500 van drove into a back tractor trailer that was stopped in the center lane as a result of traffic.
The driver of the Dodge van was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
The identity of the fatality is pending positive identification and notification to the next of kin.