The single-car crash shut down the express lanes of the Garden State Parkway in the Aberdeen area
ABERDEEN -- A driver was badly injured on the Garden State Parkway in Aberdeen when his sport utility vehicle flipped over and caught fire Sunday morning, authorities said.
The southbound express lanes of the Garden State Parkway were shut down in that area while rescue personnel tended to the male driver and continued the investigation, said Sgt. Gregory Williams, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police.
Williams said the single-car accident occurred at 11:25 a.m. in the southbound express lanes at milepost 119.1 in Aberdeen when a 2000 GMC Jimmy flipped over for an unknown reason.
He said the vehicle caught fire after it flipped.
The driver was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, he said.
Williams said the State Police Fatal Accident Unit responded, as it does with all very serious accidents.
The express lanes in that area remain closed for now while the investigation continues, he said.
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