Truck driver injured in crash on Rt. 130

Thursday, May 15, 2008, Trenton Times, http://www.nj.com

EAST WINDSOR -- An accident between a bread truck and a tractor-trailer on Route 130 yesterday morning tied up traffic and sent one man to the hospital, police said.
Police said Juan A. Moreno- Mendieta, 22, of Union City, was driving a box truck south on Route 130 about 8:40 a.m. when he crashed into the rear of the tractor- trailer traveling south in front of him.
The tractor-trailer, driven by Carlos A. Rivera, 59, of Orlando, Fla., was slowing down as it approached a red traffic light at the intersection with Old Cranbury Road, police said.
The box truck, which was carrying bread for America's Bakery Corp. of Irvington, sustained significant front-end damage and Moreno-Mendieta was trapped in the wreckage for nearly an hour be fore he was freed by rescuers.
Moreno-Mendieta suffered facial and lower body injuries and was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, police said.
Rivera, whose truck is registered to RLO Transport Inc. of Kis simmee, Fla., was not hurt, police said.
Police said the accident remains under investigation.