Bags Of Concrete Hit Car, Cause Mess On Route 1 In West Windsor

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, NJ — Bags of concrete mix struck a car and left a mess on Route 1 after flying off a concrete truck Tuesday morning, according to West Windsor police.

The bags flew off a truck that was headed south, and landed in the northbound lanes. At least one bag hit a car, breaking the windshield and sending a 22-year-old Trenton woman to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The woman was suffering from lacerations to her arm, and may have inhaled some of the concrete mix from the bag that hit her car.

The driver, a 37-year-old North Brunswick man, pulled over into the nearby Buffalo Wild Wings and waited for police. His tractor trailer had been hauling about 30 bags of mix south on Route 1 when it began to sway shortly after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.

About half the haul went flying over the median, striking the car and leaving behind a mess that closed Route 1 north for about 45 minutes, according to the West Windsor Police Department.

The driver was issued summonses for unsafe load and careless driving. Neither the driver or the victim were identified by police on Tuesday.

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