A multi-vehicle crash that occurred on the Garden State Parkway in Cranford sent about a half-dozen victims to the hospital this afternoon.
According to police, the crash happened just after 1:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the highway just north of exit 137 sending emergency responders to the scene where they arrived to find two badly damaged vehicle off the side of the roadway in the woods and one other car off the side of the road.
Rescue crews extricated at least two people from a vehicle suffering severe injuries.
All of the victims were transported to University Hospital in Newark where they received treatment.
The crash caused heavy delays for commuters traveling northbound.
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Nj State Police.