SUV Driver Hospitalized After Hitting Car, Veering Off Parkway In Bergen County: Police

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ — Firefighters were able to extricate a driver whose SUV hit another car and veered off the Garden State Parkway on Sunday, officials said.

State police said they responded to a crash at milepost 167 in Washington Township around 1:41 p.m. on Sunday.

A police spokesman said that based on a preliminary investigation, the driver of a Chevrolet SUV lost control of the vehicle, struck a Subaru, then ran off the roadway and hit a tree.

The SUV driver had moderate injuries, state police said. There were no other injuries reported.

Washington Township firefighters and ambulance workers helped remove the driver and take the person to the hospital, said firefighters in that town.

The crash remains under investigation, and no additional information is available, state police said.

Firefighters in Washington said that after they turned the scene over to state police, they left to attend to a report of a smell of gas in a basement, and cleared that scene by 2:49 p.m.