ROUTE 18 JAMMED IN OLD BRIDGE Car carrier rams moving van
Minor injuries in a.m. accident
Home News Tribune Online 10/25/06
STAFF REPORT
OLD BRIDGE — A car-carrier loaded with new Jeeps crashed into a moving van on Route 18 yesterday strewing furniture and boxed items from the moving van across the highway and the grass median.
The crash occurred shortly after 9:30 a.m., according to township police, and stalled traffic in the area for hours.
No serious injuries were reported.
The moving van was attempting to cross Route 18 south from the Spring Valley Road jughandle when the car carrier, traveling south on Route 18 in the fast lane, hit the moving van, with the impact causing both vehicles to veer onto center grass median, township police Sgt. Robert Greenway said yesterday afternoon.
Only one lane of Route 18 south was open and northbound traffic was being diverted onto Marlboro Road around the accident scene and back onto Route 18 yesterday. Traffic was backed up for the better part of the day in both directions.
The auto-transport driver was taken to Raritan Bay Medical Center in the township for treatment of minor injuries and released.
A passenger in the moving van was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
A careless driving summons was issued to the moving van's driver.
Police interviewed three witnesses at the scene, but no further details were available. Police did not release the identity of the drivers or the passenger.
Contributing: Staff writers Mary Ann Bourbeau and Ken Tarbous