Freezer Trucks Start Showing Up at Jersey Hospitals as Makeshift Morgues

Freezer Trucks Start Showing Up at Jersey Hospitals as Makeshift Morgues

An Essex County hospital has received more freezer trucks to handle bodies in case the hospital morgue reaches capacity. Last week, the state of New Jersey ordered 20 freezer trucks to help hospitals deal with the 2,350 bodies of patients who died from the disease. The 20 trucks ordered by the state can accommodate 1,680 bodies.

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