Rockland driver, 88, critical after car barrels off GSP, through guardrail in Washington Township

YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An 88-year-old Pearl River man was in critical condition in the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center this afternoon after his Suburu Forester barreled off a Garden State Parkway exit, across the road and through a guardrail.

Photo Credit: *Courtesy Bergen Brookside Auto Body & Towing*

Jerry DeMarco

04/30/2015 6:54 p.m.

The vehicle tore a huge hole in the guardrail and landed in a wooded embankment after coming off northbound Exit 168 and speeding straight across Washington Avenue, hitting a tree and then spinning around just before 12:15 p.m.

The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit responded, along with township, Hillsdale, Westwood and NJ State Police, township firefighters and Hillsdale EMS.

Washington Avenue remained closed in both directions near the crash scene into mid-afternoon, as did the parkway ramp at Exit 168.

PHOTOS: Courtesy Bergen Brookside Auto Body & Towing

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