Unconscious 63-Year-Old Revived After Route 202 Crash

A 63-year-old man was resuscitated on the scene of an early-morning Route 202 crash in Bernardsville Friday where police said he was found without a pulse and not-breathing inside his smashed pickup truck.

Eugene Henry, of Wallkill, N.Y., was transported to Morristown Medical Center by the Bernardsville First Aid Squad after officers administered CPR and used a cardiac defibrillator to revive him, according to Police Chief Kevin Valentine.

Henry was found unconscious in the driver's seat of the heavily damaged 2011 Chevrolet pickup truck after Valentine said he apparently smashed into a telephone pole in front of the Somerset Hills Bank near North Finley just after 6 a.m.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash. 

Bernardsville Police said that as of 11:30 a.m. Friday, traffic was being directed along alternating lanes of Route 202. 

The roadway was closed in both directions for most of the morning, causing traffic in Bernardsville and down into Bernards Township, with the northbound lane still closed as of shortly before 11 a.m.

Ongoing repairs and traffic disruptions are expected to continue throughout the day. Jersey Central Power and Light Company and Verizon were expected to respond to assist with the pole.

Police were assisted at the scene by the New Jersey Department of Transportation Traffic Diversion Team under the supervision of Richard Pierson.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation and no further information is being released at this time, Valentine said.