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Ocean County deputy fire chief crashes car into pole

Ocean County deputy fire chief crashes car into pole
Ocean County deputy fire chief crashes car into pole 00:35

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) – Manchester Township's deputy fire chief is in the hospital Wednesday morning after he hit a pole driving an SUV. The Ford Explorer overturned just after 11 p.m. Tuesday along Ridgeway Road in front of Manchester Township Middle School.

Emergency crews had to cut the roof off of the SUV to free him.

The deputy fire chief was then airlifted to the hospital.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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