Man Dies After Being Ejected From Car That Crashed Into Tree In Bridgewater

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — A Bridgewater man has died from his injuries after being ejected from a car that backed into a tree and was being driven by a 90-year-old woman, said police in an update on Thursday.

Karl Cochran, 61, of Bridgewater was identified as the victim and the passenger in a car that crashed on Wednesday morning.

"Later that day, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick notified Bridgewater Police Department that Cochran had succumbed to his injuries sustained in the crash," said police.

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On Feb. 19 at 7:20 a.m., the Bridgewater Township Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash into a tree, with a front seat passenger ejected.

Arna Cochran, 90, of Bound Brook, was driving a 2015 Subaru Legacy, on private property, when she backed the vehicle across the front yard and hit a tree, ejecting the 61-year-old male passenger, said Bridgewater Police Officer Cole M. Taggert.

Martinsville Rescue Squad and RWJ Paramedics came to help. The Martinsville Volunteer Fire Department secured a helicopter landing site.

The victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, via NJSP NorthSTAR, with serious injuries.

The Chimney Rock Road was closed between Washington Valley Road and Gillbridge Road until around 9:10 a.m. on Wednesday.

This crash is still under investigation by the Bridgewater Township Police Department’s Traffic Safety Bureau and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

Anyone with information 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).

Martinsville Rescue Squad and Martinsville Volunteer Fire are both looking for volunteers. For more information visit bridgewaterems.org or martinsvillefire.org.

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