The Bronx resident was flown to University Hospital in Newark via the State Police Medevac Unit.
State Police are investigation a crash that happened on Route 78 westbound early Wednesday morning in Bridgewater. (File photo)BRIDGEWATER -- A Bronx man was seriously injured when he lost control of his dump truck while traveling west on Interstate 78 and overturned in the center median early Wednesday morning, State Police spokesman Lt. Brian Polite said.
Victor Rodrigues-Estevez, 59, sustained serious arm and facial injuries in the crash and was transported to University Hospital in Newark via the State Police Medevac helicopter, Polite said.
At 5:35 a.m., State Police responded to the westbound side of Interstate 78 westbound at mile marker 32 in on a report of an overturned dump truck. Troopers found the dump truck overturned on its driver's side and Rodrigues-Estevez inside, Polite said.
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Rodrigues-Estevez was the only person in the dump truck and no other vehicles were involved in the crash, which is still under investigating, he said.
The accident closed the left two westbound lanes for approximately three hours, Polite said.
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