The 23-year-old Freehold man driving the Jeep was flown to Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in New Brunswick, while a passenger was treated locally for less serious injuries
Police say a Jeep Cherokee smashed into a tree along this stretch of Ryan Road in Marlboro on Sunday MARLBORO -- A 23-year-old Freehold Borough man had to be flown by helicopter to a trauma center Sunday afternoon after the Jeep he was driving smashed into a tree in Marlboro, police said.
The driver, Yoshio Dominguez Romero, had to be extricated from the black 2001 Jeep Cherokee, then was taken by a State Police North Star Medivac helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, according to a Marlboro Police Department report of the incident.
The type and severity of Romero's injuries were not disclosed.
A passenger, Faustino Mendez-Romero, 49, also of Freehold Borough, was taken by a Marlboro FirstAid Squad ambulance to Centrastate Medical Center in Freehold Township for treatment of what police described as non-life threatening injuries.
The crash occurred at 4:24 p.m., on Ryan Road, near Cross Ridge Circle, where Marlboro Police officers found the wrecked SUV with the two injured men trapped inside.
Ryan Road was closed for about 3 hours while the accident was being investigated.
The Marlboro, Gordons Corner Road, and Robertsville Fire Departments and MONOC Paramedics also responded.
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