Driver Hops Curb, Hits Car in Front of Red Bank Foodtown

are in the process of clearing Broad Street in Red Bank after an elderly driver apparently hopped the curb of the from the parking lot side, hit a tree, and then struck a car in oncoming traffic. 

Details of the accident, which happened at about 5:30 p.m., are not currently known. Both drivers declined immediate medical treatment at the scene, though the elderly driver did appear to have a bloody nose. 

With police blocking traffic at an already busy intersection during rush hour, traffic was backed up for a considerable portion of Broad Street going south towards the train tracks for much of the time as police and a tow truck crew attempted to clear the roadway.

Witnesses at the scene described the elderly driver as looking "panicked" as they say she accelerated at a high rate of speed into the roadway. The identities of the two drivers was not immediately known.

It is unclear if any summons were issued.