Crime & Safety

Old Bridge: Man Critically Injured In Rt. 18 Crash Friday

A man was critically injured in a car crash that occurred on Rt. 18 near Ferry Road in Old Bridge at 10:18 a.m. Friday morning.

OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A man was critically injured in a car crash that occurred on Rt. 18 in Old Bridge Township Friday morning, announced the Middlesex County Prosecutor.

Police were dispatched to the scene of the crash on Rt. 18 near Ferry Road at 10:18 a.m. Friday.

The preliminary investigation determined that the driver of a 2006 Hyundai SUV traveling south in the left lane on Rt. 18 struck a work zone traffic safety vehicle and entered the right lane. The SUV was then struck by a 2014 BMW traveling south in the right lane.

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The driver of the BMW, a 71-year-old male from Belle Mead, NJ was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for life-threatening injuries.

Anyone with information is asked to call Patrolman Henry Penley of the Old Bridge Police Department at (732) 721-5600 or Detective Jonathan Berman of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4328.

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