Driver Faces Charges After Wrong-Way Crash In New Jersey
RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- A wrong-way crash left one driver in critical condition and another facing drug charges in New Jersey.
The crash occurred around 10:30 p.m. Monday on Route 17 near Railroad Avenue in Rutherford.
Police say Salo Soscia, 43, of Lyndhurst was driving in the northbound lanes and crossed over into the southbound lanes at a stop light and a break in the median, crashing head-on into another vehicle, CBS2's Meg Baker reported.
Both drivers were trapped in their vehicles and had to be freed by the Rutherford Fire Department.
The driver of the other vehicle, a 65-year-old man from Belleville, underwent surgery overnight at Hackensack University Medical Center.
Soscia faces multiples charges including possession of heroin.