Allentown, Monmouth County, Upper Freehold, Upper Freehold

Dump Truck Crash On I-195 East Bound In Upper Freehold Township Backs Up Traffic For Hours

July 8, 2021

UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–Around 5:53 a.m. the Hope Fire Company of Allentown/Upper Freehold along with Capital Health – Allentown EMS responded I-195 east bound in the area of mile marker 9.4 for an overturned dump truck. The driver lost control and crashed into the median then spilled the load of crushed stone onto the highway. It was reported that the driver suffered non-life-threating injuries and was taken to Capital Health in Trenton, NJ.

The highway was closed down to one lane as the dump truck was up righted and towed away by Hawks Towing. NJ Department of Transportation was on scene with a front end loader to try and clear the roadway of the spill.

NJ State Police is investigating the crash.

The clean up scene is still active and as of 10:00 a.m. the traffic on I-195 east bound is backed up 4 miles into Robbinsville Township Rt 526

Hawks Towing on scene cleaning up the crash on I-195 east bound in Upper Freehold Township this morning. Traffic has been backed up for hours as they work to upright the truck and clean the debris from the roadway.