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Responders at the scene said a piece of the rail struck the 30-year-old Garfield driver in the abdomen after the SUV crashed through it.
New Jersey State Police Trooper Jeff Flynn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that the guardrail “went into the vehicle,” but he couldn’t yet say whether it had struck the woman, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center.
“She has some serious injuries,” he said, but was expected to survive.
The 11:50 a.m. crash occurred at milepost 168.7, forcing the closure of the northbound lanes near Werimus Road, the trooper said.
Local responders were using a Woodcliff Lake DPW emergency gate to access the highway after a medical helicopter was called off because of bad weather.
“They’re going to do a relay to the hospital,” Flynn said.
The Fatal Accident Unit was summoned because of the severity of the crash, he said.
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