Two Injured In Car Fire

(Photo courtesy of Jason Rojas/Flickr)
(Photo courtesy of Jason Rojas/Flickr)

  MARLBORO – A Jackson woman and a Toms River man are being treated for non-life threatening injuries that resulted from a car fire on Monday night in Marlboro Township.

  Township police arrived after a 9-1-1 call at 11:53 p.m. concerning a flipped vehicle that had caught fire on Hartman Road.

  A black BMW was seen engulfed in flames upon the officer’s arrival. A 23-year-old man from Toms River and his 21-year-old passenger from Jackson were both outside the vehicle at the time police reached the scene.

  Their injuries were non-life threatening according to police but they were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for treatment.

  Marlboro Police Corporal David Ruditsky of the department’s Traffic and Safety Bureau is conducting the investigation into the cause of the crash.