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Police Seek Truck Driver Who Hit Pregnant Woman, Pushed Car Into Oncoming Route 57 Traffic

The driver of a Ford pickup truck fled after rear-ending and seriously injuring a pregnant woman on Route 57 in Warren County, authorities said.

Intersection of Buttermilk Bridge Road and Route 57 in Washington Township

Intersection of Buttermilk Bridge Road and Route 57 in Washington Township

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The 32-year-old Washington Township woman was waiting to turn left onto Buttermilk Bridge Road when she was struck and pushed into oncoming traffic by the truck — which was traveling westbound on Route 57 toward Phillipsburg — around 1 p.m. Saturday, township police said.

The woman’s car — a silver Hyundai Sonata — then collided with a 61-year-old woman driving a blue Dodge Caravan heading the opposite direction, authorities said.

The pregnant woman was transported to Hunterdon Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

The 61-year-old woman was transported to St. Luke’s Warren Campus.

The driver of the truck never stopped, authorities said.

The driver, believed to be a white man, was operating a tan colored Ford quad cab pick-up truck pulling an open trailer that contained a Kubota orange skid steer, authorities said.

This investigation is ongoing. Anyone who may have surveillance footage from Pleasant Valley Road or Route 57 between 12:50 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. Saturday is asked to contact Washington Township Police at 908-689-1111.

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