Officials from the NJ State Police are looking into an overnight crash that left one person dead on an NJ highway during the overnight hours.
The crash happened in the westbound lanes of I-78near mile marker 33.8 in Bernards Township at approximately 12:10 a.m. where police received reports of a collision with a vehicle overturned at that location.
Emergency responders arrived at the scene and closed off the left and center lanes after they found the vehicle with one person trapped inside.
Firefighters extricated the severely injured person but medical staff pronounced the unidentified victim dead shortly after they were pulled from the vehicle.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Ther were no other injuries reported.