EMS transported a female to University Hospital after an early morning crash left the woman injured on McCarter Highway in Newark.
The crash happened at around 5:30 a.m. near Gouverneur Street where emergency responders arrived to find two badly damaged vehicles with a woman trapped inside one of the cars.
Crews worked swiftly to remove the woman from the vehicle who suffered severe injuries.
There were several adults and a child occupying the other vehicle with non-life threatening injuries reported.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.