Driver seriously injured after 2-vehicle crash on NJ highway

Vehicles travel along the Garden State Parkway South towards Ocean City, New Jersey.
Vehicles travel along the Garden State Parkway South towards Ocean City, New Jersey. Photo credit Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

CRANFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (1010 WINS) — A two-vehicle crash on New Jersey highway early Sunday left a driver seriously injured, NJ Advance reported.

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The two cars were on the Garden State Parkway near a Cranford Township exit around 4:45 a.m., when an Acura hit the back of a Mazda, authorities said.

After the Mazda was hit, it ran off the roadway and struck a tree as the Acura caught on fire, according to officials.

The 27-year-old driver of the Mazda, a Pennsylvania resident, was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the Acura was not injured.

Authorities are still investigating the incident and more details were not immediately available.

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