UPDATE: A driver had to be extricated this morning after his car barreled across a westbound Route 3 median, went airborne and landed on the other side of the highway in East Rutherford, leaving its engine block behind, responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
Once on eastbound Route 3, the Toyota Corolla hit another car, causing a chain-reaction crash involving at least three other vehicles, including a tractor-trailer.
A medical chopper landed at nearby MetLife Stadium to take the 19-year-old Jersey City driver to Hackensack University Medical Center following the 6:30 a.m. crash near the ramp for the New Jersey Turnpike.
The eastbound side was partially re-opened and the westbound highway completely re-opened just after 8:30 a.m.
