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Driver Who Exited Vehicle On Route 287 Seriously Injured In Chain-Reaction Crash: State Police

A driver was struck by his own vehicle in a chain-reaction crash after he got out in the middle of Route 287 in the middle of the night, authorities said.

Crash scene.

Crash scene.

Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

Investigators don't yet know why the victim's Chevy Camaro was stopped in the middle of the southbound highway near mile marker 63.6 in Mahwah shortly after 2:30 a.m. Thursday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said.

What they do know is that the driver got out and a Kenworth dump truck rear-ended the Camaro, which then hit him, Curry said.

The Camaro continued off the road into a tree, the sergeant said.

A medical chopper was requested to take the victim to a nearby hospital with serious injuries he said.

The dump truck driver wasn't seriously injured.

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