N.J. Turnpike driver captures truck catapulting over metal median

A semi double trailer slides across the southbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike on Sunday before jumping the median rails and jackknifing in the northbound lanes.
MrLegolize/YouTube

Icy conditions caused hundreds of car accidents — and five deaths — in the greater Philadelphia region on Sunday morning. But one driver, who was not injured, captured an incredible video of a semi double trailer catapulting over the median on the New Jersey Turnpike.

According to a video posted on YouTube by user MrLegolize, he was stopped near New Brunswick due to an accident involving two trucks southbound when he decided to take a picture. A semi double-trailer slid on black ice behind his vehicle and can be seen, swerving, sliding, then jumping the metal median and jackknifing to a stop in the northbound lanes.

Check out the video below for yourself.