Crime & Safety

One Injured in Route 78 Accident in Berkeley Heights

Driver taken to local hospital for head injuries.

A car accident on Route 78 westbound at mile marker 43.8 today around 2:40 p.m. left one person injured.

"Right now, all we know is there was a one car motor vehicle accident. The driver went off the road, struck a tree, sustained some head injury and was medevacked to Morristown Memorial Hospital," said State Police Trooper Michael Lif.

Besides the State Police, EMS and the New Providence Fire Department were dispatched to the scene.

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