Crime & Safety

Mother's Day Crash In Essex County: Multiple Injured, Police Say

A car with several passengers – including a mother, her husband and two children – overturned in Essex County on Mother's Day, police say.

A vehicle with several passengers – including a mother, her husband and two children – overturned in East Orange on Mother’s Day, authorities say.

The crash took place near the Ampere Parkway and 1st Avenue, near the Bloomfield-East Orange border, around 3 a.m., according to reports. [See photos below]

A Bloomfield Police Department spokesman told Patch that BPD officers assisted with the car’s injured occupants and helped to extract two occupants from the vehicle.

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The crash involved two vehicles, the BPD spokesman said.

BPD officers turned the scene over to the East Orange Police Department.

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