State Trooper Eli McCarson, 30, killed in crash while en route to domestic violence call in Salem County, New Jersey

A New Jersey state trooper has been killed after his car crashed into an electric utility pole while he was responding to a domestic disturbance in Salem County.State Police Col. Rick Fuentes said that Trooper Eli McCarson was killed in the single-car crash on Thursday morning in Quinton Township.His car went off the right side of the road and into a utility pole and he was trapped in the car while rescuers opened the jammed doors. He was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.The married 30-year-old graduated from the academy in February and worked out of the Woodstown Station.

A New Jersey state trooper was killed in a devastating one-car crash along a rural Salem County, New Jersey road Thursday. Trooper Eli McCarson was responding to a domestic dispute call in Quinton Township around 10:45 a.m. when he steered off Quinton-Alloway Road near Route 49, state police said. The cruiser collided with a electric pole and the impact destroyed the front-end and bent the doors trapping the 30-year-old trooper inside. Once rescuers were able to remove McCarson, they took him to nearby Salem Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. McCarson graduated from the state police academy in February.

Rick Fuentes says Trooper Eli McCarson was killed in the single-car crash Thursday morning in Quinton Township in rural south New Jersey. QUINTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey state trooper has been killed after his car crashed into an electric utility pole while he was responding to a domestic disturbance in Salem County. The married 30-year-old trooper graduated from the academy in February and worked out of the Woodstown Station. His car went off the right side of the road and into a utility pole and he was trapped in the car while rescuers opened the jammed doors. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.