Crime & Safety
Driver Extricated from Car Following Accident on Navesink River Rd.
A 54-year old Rumson man was taken by medevac to Jersey Shore Medical Center.
Emergency workers spent 45 minutes extricating the driver of a 2001 Dodge Vipor after the car crashed into a tree on Navesink River Road around 5:31 p.m. Monday, according to police.
The driver was identified as Frank Caccavo, Jr., 54, of Rumson. He remains hospitalized at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Det. Lt. Stephen Dollinger said Monday night.
The accident occurred in Locust, near the intersection with Browns Dock Rd. Monday night, aid EMS spokesman Bob Pfleger.
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At the scene were Monoc paramedics, Leonardo and Fairview First Aid squads and Navesink Fire Co, said Lt. Dollinger. Caccavo was transported by medevac to the trauma center at Jersey Shore, with Community Fire Co. at the landing zone, said Dollinger.
The crash is being investigated by Cpl. Darrin Simon and Cpl. Nick Caprio of the Middletown Police Traffic Bureau. Anyone who may have witnessed the accident or has any information concerning the accident is asked to call the Middletown Traffic Bureau at 732-615-2045.
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