Update: Man Airlifted Following Turnpike Accident in Critical Condition

According to dispatcher logs, New Jersey State Police were called to the site of an accident at 1:25 p.m. Monday on the southbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike in East Brunswick.

A GMC pickup truck with an enclosed trailer stopped on the right shoulder of the roadway was struck by a Mack tractor with a roll-off flatbed trailer, said Lt. Stephen Jones of NJ State Police.

The driver of the pickup truck, who was outside his vehicle when the accident occurred, was also struck and sustained serious head and leg injuries.

Bradley Telep, 47, of Harrisburg, PA was airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and is in critical condition.

The Mack tractor driver, Johnnie Taylor, 41, from Willingboro, NJ was taken to Cranbury Road Station on suspicion of heroin use. He was arrested and charged for driving while intoxicated and assault by auto.

Taylor is being held in Middlesex County Jail. Bail was set at $25,000 by East Brunswick Municipal Court Judge Paul J. Endler.

Follow Patch on Facebook. Visit www.facebook.com/EastBrunswickPatch and like us. You can also find us on Twitter at twitter.com/EBrunswickPatch .