A woman succumbed to her injuries after rear-ending a tractor-trailer last week in South Jersey, authorities told Patch. . .
Jordan Weller was driving westbound behind a Freightliner tractor-trailer when she lost control of her Mazda SUV and rear-ended the truck, Lebron said.
Weller, 26, of Millville, was brought to the hospital, where the succumbed to her injuries the next day. Woman Dies After Rear-Ending Truck In South Jersey: Police
Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —front, side, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.
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See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or more information on this story or to add other underride crashes to be remembered, send an email to underridemap@gmail.com. Please use this Interactive Underride Crash Map Crash Location Input Form to provide us with accurate information . (Note: the map is currently not online; but we would keep the information for future updating and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)
Support improving Underride Protection on trailers: Contact your legislators & ask them to co-sponsor the STOP Underrides Act of 2026.
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Note: In order to raise awareness and preserve the memories of underride victims — precious ones gone too soon — I have been writing memorial posts on what could potentially be underride crashes. I am not a crash reconstructionist, and I do not have all the facts on these crashes; but underride should be investigated as a potential factor in truck crash injuries and deaths.
