TOMS RIVER – After running a stop sign and colliding into a garbage truck, a woman was airlifted to the hospital due to severe head trauma, police said.
Toms River Township Police Spokesperson Jillian Messina told Jersey Shore Online that officers were called to the intersection of Garfield Avenue and Windsor Avenue this morning for a motor vehicle accident.
In the initial investigation, 37-year-old Anna Zybura of Keansburg was driving north on Garfield Avenue when she failed to stop for the stop sign. As a result, she was struck by a township garbage truck traveling west on Windsor Avenue.
Messina said Zybura was not believed to be wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, leaving her with severe head trauma and additional injuries. She was then airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical Center where she is listed in critical condition.
The driver of the garbage truck did not sustain injuries as a result of the crash, Messina said. AT this time, the accident remains under investigation by the Toms River Traffic Safety Officer Mark Nater.
