Crime & Safety
Driver Lost Control of Car on Runoff on I-78, Police Say
State police at Belfast say a man from Green Brook, N.J., lost control of his car while driving west on Interstate 78 in Lower Saucon Township.
State police at Belfast said in a news release that a 23-year-old man from Green Brook, N.J., was westbound on I-78 in Lower Saucon Township when he lost control of his 2007 Honda Civic on runoff that was collecting on the roadway.
In a news release, police said the motorist was 131 feet north of the Easton Road overpass when the accident occurred.
After the driver lost control, his car "struck the bridge barrier and continued to spin," police said.
The car came to rest in the left travel lane and had to be towed from the scene, police added.
No charges related to the Monday (Sept. 2) accident are planned, according to the news release. Green Brook is in Somerset County.
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