Crime & Safety

Driver, 92, Dies In Wrong-Way Crash On I-80 Tuesday Morning: NJ State Police

The man was driving the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of the highway when his car went off the road early Tuesday, said state police.

WAYNE, NJ — A 92-year-old man died in a crash early Tuesday after going off the road and hitting a concrete barrier while traveling the wrong way on Interstate 80 in Passaic County, said state police.

Officials said Henry F. Sohl of Oradell was driving a Ford passenger vehicle westbound, in the eastbound lanes of I-80 at 3:35 a.m. Tuesday.

Sohl's vehicle "entered the left shoulder, impacted a metal electrical box and concrete barrier" near milepost 53 in Wayne, according to a preliminary investigation by New Jersey State Police.

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The Bergen County man sustained fatal injuries, said Trooper II Charles Marchan.

"The crash remains under investigation and there is no additional information available at the moment," state police said.

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