The crash closed the roadway for six hours.
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK -- Eight people were taken to local hospitals, some with critical injuries, in a crash that closed Route 1 north in South Brunswick for six hours Friday.
The South Brunswick Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office are investigating the crash, the department said in a town-wide alert.
The crash was first reported at 5:13 a.m., and occurred near the Deans Lane intersection, police said.
Photographs from the scene showed a mangled minivan and a sedan with its roof missing in the violent crash.
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