Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Route 37 Business Overnight

A Barnegat man was flown to a local hospital Wednesday after an early morning crash into a Route 37 building that caused “extensive damage,” police said.

The SUV first struck the traffic light stanchion at Lakehurst Road and traveled 300 feet through the Delta Gas parking lot, hitting a phone booth, and collided with Young’s Medical Equipment, Mastronardy said.

As a result of the crash the business suffered “extensive damage," Mastronardy said. Photos of the scene provided by police show that the SUV entered the building.

The driver was removed from his vehicle by Toms River Fire Companies No. 1 and 2, transported by Toms River First Aid to the West Dover Elementary School and flown by helicopter to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Mastronardy said. His condition was not immediately known. 

Toms River Building Inspector Ken Anderson, the New Jersey Department of Transportation and JCP&L assisted at the scene. The crash remains under investigation by Sgt. Robert Rankin, Officer Dewey Unger and Traffic Safety Officer Brian Doyle, according to Mastronardy.