Truck carrying Scotch whiskey flips in New Jersey

WOODBRIDGE, N.J., June 5 (UPI) —

Authorities in New Jersey said a tanker truck carrying a load of Scotch whiskey tipped over on a residential street and briefly caught fire.

Capt. Roy Hoppock of the Woodbridge Police Department said the truck collided with an unoccupied parked car and flipped on a residential street in the Fords section of town at 9 a.m. Tuesday, NJ.com reported Wednesday.

Hoppock said the driver was treated for minor injuries and firefighters were able to extinguish flames that started on the truck shortly after the crash.

B-Line Trucking, based in Newark, N.J., declined to comment on the crash.

Police did not reveal the brand of the whiskey or whether any of the product was lost in the crash.

Investigators were working to determine the cause of the crash.