Passengers In Critical Condition After Route 1 Crash In Edison

EDISON, NJ — Passengers of a vehicle were critical injuries after a crash on Route 1 Sunday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department said.

Around 2:07 a.m. Sunday, authorities responded to Route 1 and Wooding Avenue following the report of a crash. On their arrival, officers found two vehicles — one vehicle’s passengers sustained minor injuries, the other vehicle’s passengers were in critical condition and were taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries.

According to initial investigation, the vehicle that caused the crash was driving northbound on Route 1 when the driver attempted to make a U-turn at the median break for Wooding Avenue, when he was struck by a vehicle traveling southbound on Route 1.

The investigation is active and continuing.

Anyone with information or surveillance footage is asked to call Officer Erwin Enriquez of the Edison Police Department at (732) 248-7576 or Detective James Alleva of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4011.

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