The victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for his injuries.
CARTERET -- A driver, possibly distracted by a strong sun glare and her windshield wipers, struck a man holding a flag at a construction site in Carteret, police said.
The driver, heading east on Washington Avenue in her Toyota Corolla, hit the flag bearer at around 7:30 Tuesday morning. Gabriella Rios, of Carteret, was cited for careless driving, police said. She told police she was washing her windshield when she hit the man.
The victim, who is from Hunterdon County, was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for a cut to his head and a possible broken collarbone, police said. He told police that he did not remember anything that happened after he was hit.
He was stopping traffic to allow a construction vehicle to enter the site when he was hit, police said.
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