Woman Hospitalized In Chain-Reaction Crash In Bergen Co.: Police

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ — A woman was extricated from her car and taken to the hospital after a four-vehicle crash that snarled traffic on Route 17 North for about an hour Monday, Hasbrouck Heights police Sgt. John Behr said.

A chain-reaction crash was set off when a Belleville motorist driving a Ford F-550 rear-ended a Toyota Prius, driven by the woman, that was stopped in traffic. The woman was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, Behr said.

A traffic summons was issued to the Ford driver, and three of the involved vehicles were towed away from the scene, police said.

The crash occurred at approximately 11 a.m. on the state highway prior to Franklin Avenue, police said. The road was reopened approximately an hour after the crash.