Video captured the heart-stopping moment a bakery worker’s truck was clipped by an airplane wheel in New Jersey.
United Airlines flight 169 was landing at Newark International Airport from Venice, Italy, when its landing gear reportedly smashed into the driver’s window on the New Jersey Turnpike Sunday afternoon. Video from inside the truck shows the driver enjoying his weekend drive before realizing something was terribly wrong.
Watch:
JUST IN: Baltimore bakery truck struck by a United Airlines plane coming in for a landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
According to local reports, the plane was a United Airlines Boeing 767-400.
Senior vice president of Transportation & Logistics at… pic.twitter.com/Ckm5jH6FOq
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 3, 2026
Miraculously, the driver only sustained minor injuries and was treated for them at the hospital.
Speaking to KOMO News, Chuck Paterakis, the senior vice president of Transportation & Logistics and co-principal at H&S Bakery, revealed that the trailer was completely unharmed by the collision.
“To me, that everybody on that plane, everybody and the driver, God was looking after them, there’s no doubt. If we did that scenario again, I don’t know if anybody could’ve survived that,” he said.
“According to Paterakis, the plane was preparing to land in Newark when the incident took place. United Airlines Flight 169 struck a light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike while returning from Venice, Italy,” the outlet reported.
X users reacted to the terrifying video:
In this freeze frame, the front landing gear is visible just before the right landing gear hits the truck. pic.twitter.com/FuTHSeYeXb
— HP_ClipStorm (@HINDUSTAN_PLUSE) May 3, 2026
I didn’t learn watching out for airplanes in driving school
I hope he’s okay
— Moejray (@YusufMiftau5) May 3, 2026
How in the hell was that plane so low crossing over that road
— David Atherton (@DAthertonsldcam) May 3, 2026
The driver surviving proves he has a guardian angel. Incredible.
— Tricia Nordby (@TriciaNordby) May 3, 2026
Oh this guy is lucky as hell to survive this. He’s gonna get a massive settlement. Thank god the plane didn’t crash. A 767 clips your truck and you survive?! 😦 is absolutely insane
— Rothschild (@Justwannaknoh) May 4, 2026
I hope everyone is OK. But as an Old aircraft technician, you wouldn’t catch me on a commercial aircraft and never Newark.
— cynthia potter (@cindergirl1) May 3, 2026
How does a bakery truck even end up that close to the runway path. Feels like United needs better ground radar or NJ Turnpike traffic control right there. Wild close call for everyone involved.
— Mr. Meddy (@latest88468) May 4, 2026
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