Hillsborough Teen Responsible For Staples Crash: Police

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — A 16-year-old Hillsborough boy crashed into the front of the Staples store on Route 206 on Saturday morning, police reported.

On Saturday at 8:53 a.m. a green-colored 1995 Ford Taurus crashed into the Staples store located on Route 206, Hillsborough Township Police Department reported.

The car was driven by a provisional driver, who was not injured, police said; no one in the store was hurt either.

The teenager was attempting to park his car in a parking-space on the south side of the building, when his car drove over the curb and into the exterior brick wall of the building, according to a police investigation.

The crash remains under investigation by the Hillsborough Township Police Department. Officials from the Hillsborough Township Building Department responded and determined that the building’s structural integrity was sound to remain open for business.

Responding units include: Hillsborough Township Police Department, Hillsborough Township Fire Department, Robert Wood Johnson Somerset BLS Unit and Hillsborough Township Building Department.

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