Montclair Woman Dangled Upside-Down After Crash: Cops (VIDEO)

MONTCLAIR, NJ — A Montclair woman was left hanging upside down by her seatbelt – but without injury – after a rollover crash on Tuesday morning, authorities said.

According to the Montclair Police Department, the crash took place at 9:23 a.m. at the intersection of Watchung Avenue and Grove Street when a van struck an SUV.

As the van collided with the SUV’s passenger side, setting off the vehicle’s side-impact airbag, the force of the crash caused the SUV to roll over multiple times. It finally came to rest on its roof, leaving its occupant suspended by her seatbelt, police said.

Emergency responders transported the driver of the SUV, a 58-year-old Montclair woman, to Mountainside Hospital for evaluation. She didn’t suffer any injuries in the crash, police stated.

The van took damage to its front end, but its driver, a 36-year-old Newark man, wasn’t injured, police said.

Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene. The crash remains under investigation, Montclair police said Wednesday.

Local videographer Demonracer2 captured the below footage taken at the scene of the crash.

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