A 20-year-old Toms River man is in critical condition Wednesday after being seriously injured in an early-morning crash in Lakewood.
Lakewood police officers were called to East Seventh Street and New York Avenue at approximately 12:57 a.m. on May 27 for a report of an overturned vehicle. When officers arrived, they found a 2023 Hyundai Elantra resting on its passenger side, with the driver trapped inside.
Responding officers quickly freed the man from the vehicle and began providing aid until emergency medical crews arrived. He was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in critical condition.
A preliminary investigation found that the Hyundai was traveling west on East Seventh Street when it veered off the roadway, struck a utility pole, crossed the front lawn of a home, hit an unoccupied parked vehicle and overturned.
Police said there is no indication at this stage that impairment contributed to the crash.
