Boy Hit By Pick-Up Truck On Route 22, Hospitalized With Serious Injuries In Somerset Co.

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — A boy was taken by medivac to a hospital with serious injuries on Tuesday after police say he ran across Route 22 in Bridgewater and was hit by a pickup truck.

At around 4:13 p.m., a Ford F-250 was driving on Route 22 West near Commons Way in Bridgewater.

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When the truck was about "100 feet west of the exit ramp from Commons Way, the Ford F-250 hit a juvenile boy who ran south across the highway, directly in front of the truck," according to a preliminary investigation.

After being hit, the boy came to rest in the shoulder of Route 22 West, said police.

The boy was taken to Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, via Medevac helicopter with serious injuries.

This crash remains under investigation by the Bridgewater Township Police Department's Traffic Safety Bureau.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Officer Cole Taggert of the Bridgewater Police Traffic Safety Bureau at 908-722-4111 extension 4088 or the Bridgewater TIPS line at 877-660-INFO (4636).

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