Crime & Safety
Crash Closes Route 9 for an Hour
Reports are of one patient taken to Jersey Shore via ambulance
The parking lot at Little John's Deli became a two-way thoroughfare for about an hour on Thursday night after an accident on Route 9 at Bay Boulevard resulted in the closure of Route 9 in both directions.
Police scanner reports indicated one patient was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center's trauma unit in Neptune.
A medevac helicopter was called in and landed next to ShopRite. It is unknown whether any patients were taken to the helicopter for transport.
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Traffic headed south on Route 9 was diverted onto Bay Boulevard through the parking lot at Little John's Deli. Northbound traffic was being detoured onto Butler and diverted through back roads to Bay, before vehicles returned to Route 9 through the parking lot.
In addition to Berkeley Township police, the Bayville Fire Company and Bayville First Aid also responded to the crash.