A Swedesboro woman was hospitalized Monday afternoon after her Honda Accord slammed into a concrete abutment in Lane 6 of the Delaware Memorial Bridge toll plaza, flipping the car and setting it ablaze. The crash happened at approximately 3 p.m. on October 12, shutting down more than half the toll lanes and snarling the commute for drivers crossing between New Jersey and Delaware.
According to Gloucester Township Patch, the single-vehicle wreck occurred when the Accord struck the barrier directly in front of the toll booth on the bridge’s southbound approach into Delaware. The Courier-Post reports the driver was identified only as a Swedesboro resident, and that the crash closed multiple lanes at the plaza.
Getting her out of the burning vehicle took a coordinated, cross-border push. In an official statement released Tuesday, the Delaware River and Bay Authority said emergency crews from Deepwater Fire Co., Minquadale Fire Co., Holloway Terrace Fire Co., and New Castle County Paramedics all responded to extricate the driver and put out the fire — a response spanning both New Jersey and Delaware fire jurisdictions.
Driver Taken to Christiana Hospital
Once freed, the injured woman was rushed to Christiana Hospital in New Castle County, Delaware, for treatment, the station’s report notes. Christiana operates the region’s Level I trauma center, making it the standard destination for serious crash injuries in northern Delaware…