At 2:45 p.m., the 18-year-old was traveling southbound in a Ford on Route 287 in Harding Township when he lost directional control, veered off the roadway right and crashed into a tree, Troy McNair, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police, said.
The driver was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries, McNair said. The crash remains under investigation, McNair said.
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