Crime & Safety

3 Injured in Garden State Parkway Crash

The accident has been cleared

Three were injured in an motor vehicle accident on the Garden State Parkway in Lacey Township.

The accident that occurred at mile marker 72.7 southbound at 12:47 p.m. involved a blue Mercury and silver Chevy, Lt. Steven Jones said. Both vehicles overturned resulting in three injuries.

One vehicle overturned into the center lane while the other went into the trees off of the highway, Sgt. Adam Grossman said.

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Initial reports were for people who were unconscious and entrapped, Jones said.

The driver of the Mercury was airlifted with severe injuries to Jersey Shore Medical Center. Another was transported to Southern Ocean Medical Center and the third to Community Medical Center, Jones said. Those both had minor to moderate injuries, Grossman said.

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The accident has been cleared, according to state Trooper Liston.

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