Crime & Safety
3 Injured After Car Overturns In Parkway South Crash: Police
Four vehicles, including a bus, were involved in the crash in Somers Point shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday night, police said.
SOMERS POINT, NJ — Three people were injured in a Garden State Parkway crash around exit 30 Thursday night, police said.
Four vehicles, including a MCI bus, were involved in the accident at the 30.1 mile marker in Somers Point around 9 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez told Patch.
Preliminary investigation said that a sideswipe collision between the bus and a GMC Yukon caused the GMC and a Hyundai Genesis to strike the rear of a Jeep Wrangler traveling on the right shoulder, Goez said.
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The GMC continued off-road to the right, hitting the guardrail and overturning, Goez said. The driver and passenger, a 53-year-old woman and 53-year-old man, both of Cape May Court House, sustained "serious injuries" in the crash, Goez said.
The Jeep's driver, a 20-year-old male from Chester, Pennsylvania, sustained "moderate injuries," Goez said.
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Both the Hyundai driver and the bus driver were uninjured, Goez said.
New Jersey State Police are currently investigating the crash.
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