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Update: Route 78 Closed After Crash in Union; Woman Driver Ejected

Union Township (Union)

An early morning crash on Route 78 that involved a minivan and a tractor-trailer, sent the ejected driver of the mini-van to the hospital.

Police responded to the eastbound lanes of Route 78 near Exit 52 sometime around 7 a.m. for reports of a crash.

Emergency responders arriving to the scene determined that a female victim driving a Honda Odyssey minivan was rear-ended by the tractor-trailer.

The tractor trailer overturned while the female driver was ejected from her car.

She was transported to University Hospital in Newark, with what police described as non-life-threatening injuries.

Crews remain at the scene cleaning up the mess left behind from the sheetrock that the tractor trailer was carrying.

Expect residual delays.

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