SECAUCUS – A statement from Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari on Thursday said that a motor vehicle accident on Route 3 occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. The Secaucus Police, North Bergen Police and Hudson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a car crash westbound near Route 495.
First arriving units found part of a car engulfed in flames and an injured man lying on the grass median that separates RT-3 West and the RT-3 West Service Road.
Sheriff’s Crash Investigators have determined that the driver lost control of his vehicle at the RT-1&9/RT-3 merge. According to the report, the car jumped a curb to the grass median that separates RT-3 East and West, crashed into two telephone poles, knocking one down, and then the car disintegrated.
The driver was ejected from the wreck of the car, rolled across RT-3, and eventually ended up on the median, the report states.
What remained of the car burst into flames and came to rest near the Paterson Plank Road overpass on RT-3 West, the report states. The driver was transported by EMS to Hackensack University Trauma Center with serious injuries. He remains hospitalized pending surgery to his left arm.
Hudson County Crash Investigators believe that high speed is a factor in this crash.
The section of RT-3 West was closed for four hours while crash investigators worked the scene. Investigators have not yet determined if any other vehicles were involved in the crash.
No charges have been filed at this time and crash remains under investigation.
If anyone witnessed this crash, please contact the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office Crash Investigation Unit at 201-915-1300.
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