Bridgewater Man Dies In I-78 Crash In Basking Ridge

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — A Bridgewater man died following an early morning crash on I-78 in Bernards Township Thursday.

NJ State Troopers responded to the crash at 12:05 a.m. on I-78 westbound at mile marker 33.6 in Bernards Township.

At the scene they found that a 2005 Nissan had drove off the leftside of the highway into a guardrail and overturned, NJ State Trooper Lt. Ted Schafer said.

The driver was identified as Jonah Kreiss-Papalfki, 29, of Bridgewater. There were no passengers inside, Schafer said.

Kreiss-Papalfki was pronounced dead at the scene, Schafer said.

The crash and cause remains under investigation.

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