Good Samaritans rushed to upright the 2018 Toyota Rav4 and help Rosa Griffin, 56, out after the bizarre crash shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, July 24, Ramsey Police Detective Jaclyn Sabatelli said.
Griffin was headed north on Franklin Turnpike when she lost control of the Rav4, Sabatelli said.
The SUV hit the curb-high barrier median, then accelerated through a guardrail and a thicket of brush before slamming into a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox driven by a 20-year-old woman from Passaic, the detective said.
She and Griffin were both taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Ramsey Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
Griffin was criminally charged with assault by auto and issued multiple summonses for, among other offenses, driving while intoxicated.
Responders included Ramsey police and firefighters, members of Ramsey Rescue and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence.
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