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Update: Police Identify 27-Year-Old Jersey Man Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash

Jersey City

Authorities have identified man killed early this morning in a single-vehicle crash in Jersey City.

The crash that happened on Rt. 1&9 and the Hackensack Bridge sent police and rescue crews to the scene at approximately 2:45 a.m.

First responders arrived to the scene to find a car crashed to into a pole with the driver -later identified as Shyheem Anderson, 27, of Jersey City - trapped inside.

After Anderson was extricated from the vehicle, he was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center with life threatening injuries.

Anderson was pronounced dead at 3:46 a.m.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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