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NJ Turnpike Crash Leaves Several Injured in Elizabeth

Elizabeth New Jersey

An overnight crash that caused injuries to several people  on the NJ Turnpike in Elizabeth has an investigation underway by police. 

First responder rushed to the northbound truck lanes of the turnpike near mile marker 102.6 shortly before midnight where a collision involving a truck and a van had about nine people transported to area hospitals. 

Multiple EMS units were on the scene where the most seriously injured was taken to University Hospital in Newark. Fours people was taken to Trinitas Hospital while EMS transported four others to Newark's Beth Israel Hospital. 

The cause of the crash is under investigation by New Jersey State Police. 

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