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