Police in Hillside closed off several lanes on Route 22 after a crash had a car slam into a utility pole this evening.
It happened at approximately 6:30 p.m. in the 600 block of Route 22 West -near the Collision Pros- where a car somehow lost control and slammed into a utility pole causing the damaged pole to dangle over the westbound lanes of the highway.
Police detoured heavy traffic onto the local streets in Hillside and Union while they called in crews to remove the pole.
The driver of the car did not suffer fatal injuries.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
IMAGE CREDIT: Mia Thompson