Update: Tractor Trailer Driver Airlifted After Overturning On Route 287 In Edison

UPDATED: A 59-year-old driver was extricated from his overturned cement truck in Edison and airlifted to a local hospital, authorities said.

Route 287 in Edison
Photo Credit: *Turnpike Authority*

Jon Craig

06/12/2020 11:01 a.m.

Police, firefighters and EMS responded to the southbound side of Route 287 along the ramp to the New Jersey Turnpike about 10 a.m. Friday, state troopers said.

The driver, who's name was not released, was awake at the time of transport and the ramp remains closed, Sgt. Lawrence Peele, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said on Friday afternoon.

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