Horrifying video captures mother, two children struck by 18-wheeler on school run in NJ

Heart-stopping video captured the moment a mother and her two young children were hit by an 18-wheeler while heading to school in New Jersey, trapping one of them beneath the rig.

The horror unfolded around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday when the truck stopped just before an intersection near Ocean and Wilson avenues in Jersey City, as the woman and her son and daughter stepped off the sidewalk and started crossing the street on their way to school, according to footage and local reports.

The trio walked right in front of the big rig, which had slowed before the crossing — only to keep moving, and ran into them.

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Witnesses said blood-curdling screams echoed after the collision, with one of the kids trapped in the truck’s tire. A crossing guard was actively ushering pedestrians through the intersection at the time…

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