A Toms River man’s arm was partially amputated when his vehicle flipped twice after he veered off the roadway Saturday in an attempt to avoid a vehicle that he said cut him off, police said.
The 38-year-old man was driving west on Route 37 when his vehicle careened to the right in front of Pisces Seafood & Restaurant.
It struck a curb and then a large decorative cleat at the base of Pices’ driveway. Hitting the cleat caused the vehicle to flip onto its roof, slide across the driveway and hit the opposite curb, which flipped the vehicle back onto its wheels, Toms River Police said in a press statement.
The vehicle also struck a large decorative chain in the parking lot of Pisces before coming to rest.
Responding Toms River police officers Scott Devecka and Brian Elwood found the driver alert and conscious but trapped in the vehicle. They pulled him out through a back door and Devecka applied a tourniquet to the man’s arm, which was partially amputated and excessively bleeding.
He was airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune Township for treatment and was listed in stable condition, police said.
The driver told authorities that he was cut off by an unidentified vehicle.
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