Hackettstown Man Killed In Rt. 46 Crash: Police

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ — A Hackettstown man was killed in a crash on Route 46 Monday afternoon, Mount Olive Corporal Marianne Wurtemberg said.

John D. Sutton III, 69, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 12:30 p.m. crash. He was driving a white Dodge van erratically in the moments before the crash, resulting in a 911 call from an onlooker, Wurtemberg said.

Police say Sutton crashed his van into the back of a U.S. Postal Service box truck stopped at a traffic light. The impact of the crash caused heavy damage to Sutton's van and broke the drivers seat from its base, Wurtemberg said.

The driver of the mail truck was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for minor injuries. The road remained closed for three hours Monday afternoon for an investigation.

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