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Trapped victim flown to hospital following I-78 crash in Hunterdon County

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (Hunterdon County) – One person was flown to an area hospital after becoming trapped inside their vehicle in a crash on Interstate 78 in Hunterdon County early Saturday morning, according to New Jersey State Police spokesperson Sergeant Charles Marchan.

The crash happened at around 1:40 a.m. on Interstate 78 westbound at milepost 19.6 in Clinton Township, Marchan said.

A preliminary police investigation revealed that two Toyota passenger cars were traveling west on I-78 when they were involved in a collision. As a result of the collision, one of the passenger cars ran off the right side of the road, overturned, and the driver became entrapped, Marchan said.

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The driver of the overturned vehicle was airlifted to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Marchan said.

The crash remains under investigation.

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