FRELINGHUYSEN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Warren County) — A 24-year-old Somerset County man was killed early Friday morning when the SUV he was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 collided head-on with a tractor-trailer in Warren County, according to New Jersey State Police spokesman Trooper II Christopher Postorino.
Thomas M. Argen, 24, of Hillsborough Township, sustained fatal injuries in the crash, which occurred around 1:03 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, near milepost 14.6 in Frelinghuysen Township.
According to a preliminary investigation, Argen was driving a Jeep SUV westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-80 when the front of his vehicle struck the front of a Mack truck traveling eastbound in the center lane.
Following the collision, the Jeep left the roadway to the right and traveled down a grassy embankment, Postorino said.
Argen sustained fatal injuries as a result of the crash. No other injuries were reported at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation, and no additional information was immediately available, according to State Police.
