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UPDATE: Man Killed in I-78 Crash in Union

Union Township (Union)

New Jersey State Police officials are looking into the cause of a crash that killed a Middlesex County man on a highway in Union County Friday. 

According to state police officials, the crash was reported at 9:06 a.m. in the eastbound express lanes at milepost 50.8 in Union Twp.

Police said a Nissan Pathfinder went off the road to the left, struck the metal guardrail in the median and overturned into the westbound lanes.

The male driver, Mr. Sarin Patel, 30, of Piscataway, sustained fatal injuries, according to NJ State Police officials. 

No other passengers or vehicles were involved and the crash remains under investigation.  

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