Intoxication is suspected in Sunday’s one-vehicle crash that ejected a man from a pickup truck and left him fighting for his life.
According to Falls Township police, the 45-year-old Levittown man driving is suspected of being intoxicated at the time of the single-vehicle crash that threw his 45-year-old passenger out of the side window of a GMC pickup truck on Route 13 near the Route 1 interchange.
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Police said the 45-year-old was ejected out of the car at 3:16 p.m. when the pickup truck hit the median.
The passenger was thrown onto the highway and the pickup truck came down on top of the passenger and ran him over, police said.
The passenger was taken via ambulance to a Trenton trauma center and was listed in critical condition as of early Monday, police said.
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A press release said the pickup truck was “seen by several witnesses traveling at a high rate of speed swerving in and out of traffic.”
Blood samples were reported to be taken from the driver and the investigation is continuing.
