Search Intensifies for Truck Allegedly Seen in NJ With Bloodied Woman Yelling for Help

What to Know

• Authorities are ramping up the search for a white semi-truck after police in New Jersey say a bloodied woman was seen yelling from the big rig’s cabin Wednesday.
• Police in South Brunswick said Thursday that detectives are being assisted by federal, state, and county law enforcement as they continue the search.
• According to South Brunswick Police, a woman was seen shouting for help and bleeding from the cab of the truck at around 2 p.m. Wednesday. It was a customer at a car dealership who police said saw the woman in distress as she tried to jump from the truck when it pulled over.

NUEVA YORK — Authorities are ramping up the search for a white semi-truck after police in New Jersey say a bloodied woman was seen yelling from the big rig’s cabin Wednesday.

Police in South Brunswick said Thursday that detectives are being assisted by federal, state, and county law enforcement as they continue the search.

Additional information is expected to be released by authorities Thursday afternoon.

According to South Brunswick Police, a woman was seen shouting for help and bleeding from the cab of the truck at around 2 p.m. Wednesday. It was a customer at a car dealership who police said saw the woman in distress as she tried to jump from the truck when it pulled over.

Video can be tough to make out, but a woman can be seen popping out of a passenger side window of the tractor trailer cab.

In addition to kicking and screaming for help, police said the woman appeared to be injured, possibly with a cut to her forehead. Police said that the woman was almost fully out of the cab before she was yanked in by the driver.

As the customer who spotted the woman in the truck got closer, the vehicle took off down the road. The tractor trailer cab was last seen on Route 130 headed towards Ridge Road, police say.

Investigators believe they are looking for a 2006-2018 Volvo or Mac Bobtail truck, possibly with New Jersey tags and with blue writing on the side. At the time of the incident, there was no trailer attached to the back of the cab.

According to authorities, the suspect is described as an older white male, bald and with a white beard. The woman seen bloodied and screaming is described by police as white or Hispanic with long brown hair and in her 20s.

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