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Driver Charged in Humvee Crash on New Jersey Turnpike

Police have charged a man with reckless driving after they say he caused a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that injured four soldiers from upstate New York.

The soldiers were in the last Humvee of a 12-vehicle convoy traveling to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst when the accident occurred in Hamilton late Friday.

State Police Sgt. Jeff Flynn tells NJ.com 43-year-old Ramdel Magloire of Hackensack hit the Humvee as he tried to pass. The Humvee ran off the road and hit a tree.

The driver, 35-year-old Bryce Leek, of LaFargeville, New York, was ejected from the vehicle. Flynn says he sustained serious injuries to his spine.

The soldiers were from the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team at Fort Drum, New York.

Their ranks and conditions were unavailable.

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