Breaking News Report: This is from radio and on scene reporting. If official information is released by the NJSP the story will be updated and corrections made if needed at that time. This is what we know for now.
December 16, 2020
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (MERCER)–Around 8:18 pm the Robbinsville Township Fire Department, Hightstown First Aid and Mercer County Paramedics responded to the NJ Turnpike for a pedestrian struck. Radio reports indicate that the man suffered a broken leg after by being hit by a tractor trailer and was found by a passerby at mile marker 63.5 north bound outer lanes of the highway. The man was placed in the back of the good Samaritan’s vehicle until help could arrive. It is unknown and unclear why the man was found on the side of the highway in blizzard like conditions and what exactly he was wearing.
The man was transported to the Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton and a “trauma alert” was called in route to the hospital.
From observations on scene no truck was seen stopped near the scene. NJ State Police was on scene investigating the incident. Once more information is available the story will be updated, corrections and additions made if needed.