A woman will be charged with driving while intoxicated after she drove northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate 295 and collided with a pickup truck early Monday morning, police said.
UPDATE: Drivers identified in head-on crash
WEST DEPTFORD TWP. -- A woman will be charged with driving while intoxicated after she drove northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate 295 and collided with a pickup truck early Monday morning, police said.
The woman, driving a Toyota Prius, collided with a Ford F150 pickup truck near mile marker 21.4 in West Deptford shortly before 4:30 a.m., according to state police.
The truck struck a guardrail and caught on fire, police said. The driver was taken to Inspira Medial Center Woodbury with minor injuries.
The driver of the Prius was transported to Cooper University Hospital, Camden, for treatment. She has not been identified by police and authorities have not said how she ended up traveling southbound.
All southbound lanes of the interstate were closed by the wreck, but the scene was cleared by 7:15 a.m.
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