A crash near West Seventh Street and Monroe Avenue in Plainfield left a van flipped onto its side and injured at least two drivers. Firefighters worked to cut a rectangular hole in the vehicle's windshield to pull a man from the wreck, while a woman was also loaded into a waiting ambulance.
According to TAPinto Plainfield, the overturned vehicle was a Ford Sprinter van bearing a Thumann's logo on its hood, and the reporter on scene said it appeared to be a commercial vehicle. Plainfield firefighters and police officers were present at the scene as crews worked to remove the man.
Emergency medical technicians responded in two ambulances, one from Union County and one from South Plainfield, the outlet reported. The TAPinto Plainfield reporter observed a man and a woman both being placed into the ambulances following the crash.
Other Serious Crashes in Plainfield
Other serious crashes have occurred elsewhere in Plainfield in recent years. In December 2021, an 18-year-old Plainfield man suffered life-threatening injuries after his car struck a telephone pole near Seventh Street and Watchung Avenue, according to a report from mycentraljersey.com. Police believed speed may have been a factor in that crash, the outlet noted at the time.
In a separate, more tragic incident, a 10-year-old girl was killed and seven other people were injured in a Monday-morning crash near several Plainfield schools, as reported by ABC7 New York. That crash occurred when a minivan traveling south on Arlington Avenue collided with a Ford Taurus heading eastbound on West 9th Street at about 6:30 a.m., causing the minivan to roll over, per the station's reporting. These were separate incidents from Tuesday's West Seventh Street crash.
