Fire Rescue News - Four injured in single-car accident on Mays Landing-Somers Point Road in Egg Harbor Township
Four people were injured Friday afternoon in a single-car accident on Mays Landing- Somers Point Road in Egg Harbor Township that caused power outages in the area and detoured traffic, police said.
An SUV traveling on the road hit a utility pole at about.....Continue Reading
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3:30 p.m., rolled over and caught fire, police said. The driver immediately following the SUV, a firefighter from Cherry Hill, and another driver from Pennsylvania pulled the occupants out of the SUV.
By time police and firefighters arrived, the SUV was in flames, police said.
One occupant of the vehicle was airlifted to a trauma center, and the other three were taken by ambulance to local hospitals, police said.
Traffic was blocked at Zion Road and Mays Landing - Somers Point Road and was detoured to Ocean Heights Avenue.
Power was out for about two miles from the site of the accident, as the SUV hit a main transmission line, police said. About 400 customers in the area were without electricity, according to the Atlantic City Electric Web site.
