At 5:13 p.m., officers responded to McCarter Highway near Exit 4 after a driver stopped suddenly on the northbound side of the highway, causing the driver behind that vehicle to stop short, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said.
The second vehicle was then struck from behind, Miranda said. This resulted in four more vehicles being struck from behind, for a total of five crashes. The first vehicle, which was not struck, fled the scene, Miranda said.
A member of the Newark Fire Division, driving in the southbound lanes of McCarter Highway, stopped to render aid to the drivers involved in the collisions in the northbound lanes, Miranda said. His vehicle was then struck from behind resulting in a two-vehicle collision, Miranda said…