Teen driver crashes down embankment, suffers non-life-threatening injuries in Sussex County

WANTAGE TOWNSHIP, NJ (Sussex County) – A teenage driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries after crashing down an embankment in Wantage Township Friday night, according to New Jersey State Police Sergeant Lawrence Peele said.

The crash happened on May 14 at 9:44 p.m. on County Road 635 in the area of Pidgeon Hill Road, Peele said.

A preliminary police investigation revealed that in the area of Pidgeon Hill Road, a BMW 328, driven by a 17-year-old Branchville boy, ran off the side of the roadway and traveled down an embankment, Peele said.

The driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Newton Medical Center, Peele said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, Peele said.