New Jersey State Police (NJSP)

By Sam Barron From Daily Voice

A 41-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed in a crash on Route 80 in Morris County on Friday, Nov. 21, authorities said.

At 5:25 a.m., a Toyota sedan operated by Michael Murphy, a Blakeslee resident, was traveling eastbound on Route 80 in Roxbury Township when it struck the back of a disabled Autocar garbage truck, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said.

Murphy was pronounced dead at the scene, Lebron said. The driver of the garbage truck sustained minor injuries, Lebron said.

The crash remains under investigation, Lebron said.