Police in Toms River are investigating an overnight crash that sent a man to the hospital with serious injuries.
The crash happened in the single digit block of NJ-Route 37 near the Staples at around 12:30 a.m. when police were called to the scene on reports of a crash with a person possibly trapped in a vehicle.
Arriving emergency responders located the badly damaged vehicle with a male victim heavily trapped at that location.
Crews extricated the victim then handed the middle aged man over to a Medevac medical crew to be airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical Center where he suffered serious injuries.
Several stores received some structural damage due to the crash but there were no other injuries immediately reported.