Tanker dumps 6,000 gallons of Scotch in NJ

A tanker truck overturned in New Jersey Tuesday, dumping 6,000 gallons of Scotch whiskey on the road before catching fire.

The accident occurred in a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood in Woodbridge, just west of Staten Island, Police Capt. Roy Hoppock said.

It was unclear where the truck, owned by B-Line Trucking in Newark, was going when it overturned.

Fords Fire Chief Dan Gregan said the truck was making a turn when it grazed a phone pole and then a parked car, causing it to overturn. He said it wasn't immediately clear if the truck's diesel or the alcoholic load started the blaze.

The driver was taken to a nearby hospital, but was not seriously injured.