SUV crashes into New Road home
Published: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
At 8:22 a.m., Linwood police said, a compact car was stopped in the southbound lane of New Road while waiting to turn into Linwood Commons. The Durango, also heading south, struck the rear of the car and spun it around onto the northbound shoulder....Continue Reading
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The Durango then spun out and struck a house in the 2100 block of New Road, before the driver pulled away and parked in a nearby lot, police said.
Both drivers, whose names were not released pending further investigation, were transported to nearby hospitals with unspecified injuries. No one in the house was injured, police said, but the Atlantic County Red Cross was called to assist the residents after the home was deemed uninhabitable.
New Road was shut down between Kirklin and Seaview avenues for an hour, police said.
Northfield and Somers Point police, the Linwood Fire Department and AtlantiCare rescue squad personnel assisted Linwood police. Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to call the Linwood police at 609-927-5252.
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