SAYREVILLE, NEW JERSEY
A South Amboy man was killed in a two-car crash that occurred on
Bordentown Avenue in the area of the "S" curves Thursday morning,
according to police Lt. Daniel Plumacker.
The accident, which
occurred just before 8 a.m., is under investigation by the Sayreville
Police Department Traffic Safety Bureau, he said.
Police said the
victim, whose name was not released pending notification of next of kin,
was reportedly driving a 2007 Honda Accord west on Bordentown Avenue
when his vehicle crossed the double yellow line and was struck by a box
truck traveling in the opposite direction.
Officers from the
Sayreville Police Department, along with the Sayreville First Aid Squad
and medics from Raritan Bay Medical Center, were dispatched to the
accident scene. The driver of the box truck reported nonlife-threatening
injuries and was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
in New Brunswick. The driver of the Honda Accord was pronounced dead at
the scene.
Bordentown Avenue was closed in both directions from the time of the accident until approximately 11 a.m.
Sayreville
police ask anyone with information about the accident to contact Sgt.
Bartlinski of the Traffic Safety Bureau at 732-525-5431.