MAY 7, 2015
Just after 5 a.m. today, May 7, South Brunswick Police
responded to a motor vehicle crash on Route 1 northbound at New Road. The crash
involved two tractor trailers and a car. There was one non-life threatening
injury. The crash created a large fuel spill.
The crash was the result of one truck driver failing to stop
and rear ending a second tractor trailer and a car that were stopped at the
traffic light for New Road, police said.
The crash ruptured the gas tank of one of the tractor
trailers creating extensive clean up.
Police said the truck driver who failed to stop was the only
injury in the crash. He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in
New Brunswick for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
The crash clean up is causing traffic delays in the area.
Only one north lane is open, and the highway is being closed at times for clean
up work. Police said the clean up work will last at least until about 11 a.m.
The Monmouth Junction Fire Department, Monmouth Junction
First Aid, and Middlesex County Hazmat along with New Jersey DOT are on
location. Police are directing traffic at the location.
Roads that are affected
in addition to Route 1 are New Road and Route 522, police said. Readers also
report that Route 27 is backed up