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ABERDEEN -- A driver who was badly injured in a fiery crash on the Garden State Parkway on New Year's Day remains in stable condition Monday, police said.
Delbert Gomez, 74, of Ocean Township, was driving a 2000 GMC Jimmy at 11:25 a.m. in the northbound express lanes of the Parkway when he struck the right guardrail near mile marker 119.1, New Jersey State Police spokesman Sgt. First Class Gregory Williams said.
Gomez then crossed the express lanes and hit the left guardrail, overturning his vehicle, Williams said. The vehicle came to a rest right side up on the southbound express lanes and then caught fire.
Gomez was throw from his vehicle, Williams said. Drivers of other vehicles who witnessed the crash and pulled over could be seen carrying Gomez away from the vehicle.
Williams did not know why Gomez lost control of the vehicle. He said that it is still under investigation.
Gomez was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.
The single-vehicle crash closed the southbound express lanes, leading to a traffic buildup for miles.
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