SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ : 3 in critical condition after serious box truck crash on Tuesday, October 3, 2017
South Brunswick, New Jersey
Three people remained in critical condition Tuesday afternoon after a morning crash involving a box truck sent five people to the hospital, authorities said. The crash was reported to police shortly after 6:30 a.m. after a 2016 Hyundai Elantra traveling north on Herrod Boulevard and a 2013 Freightliner heading west on Stults Road collided at the intersection, Capt. James Ryan said.
The box truck came to a stop on top of the car after pushing it to the side of the road, trapping the car's driver, a 23-year-old Union County woman, and her three female passengers from Mercer County, who are 17, 18 and 23.
Within minutes, a towing company worked with fire agencies to lift the box truck off the trapped passengers, police said.
Once the passengers were freed, numerous emergency medical agencies airlifted the injured to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where the three passengers remained in critical condition Tuesday afternoon.
The driver of the Hyundai Elantra remained in stable condition and the truck driver, a 36-year-old Middlesex County man, was treated and released from a hospital.
Police earlier in the day said the crash was expected to snarl traffic in the area, affecting routes 130 and 535 for about five hours.
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3 in critical condition after serious box truck crash