Njsp: Driver, 70, Killed In Labor Day Weekend Crash On Garden State Parkway

UPDATE: A 70-year-old driver from Middlesex County was killed in a Labor Day weekend crash on the Garden State Parkway, authorities confirmed.

Firefighters extricated the driver.
Photo Credit: *Rob Munson (North Jersey Fire News/FACEBOOK)*

The crash occurred around noon at Exit 137 on the southbound Garden State Parkway in Clark.
Photo Credit: *Brian Metzler for DAILY VOICE*

Jerry DeMarco

09/05/2021 12:53 p.m.

The mid-2000 model Ford 500 sedan driven by Rick Attanasio, ran off the road in the southbound lanes at the Exit 137 ramp in Cranford and hit a metal traffic post before slamming into a tree at noon Saturday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said.

A medical chopper landed on the Parkway but was dismissed after Cranford firefighters extricated Attanasio.

State Police were investigating the cause, Curry said.

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