Woman's Car Overturns In Fatal Crash On New Jersey Turnpike In Fort Lee: Reports

FORT LEE, NJ — A woman died in an early morning crash on Monday on a New Jersey Transit ramp in Fort Lee, reports said.

Vanessa Diaz Pichardo, 37, of Yonkers died in the crash, said reports.

Around 2 a.m., Pichardo's car exited the road to the right, struck a curb, hit a guardrail, and overturned, entering the ramp, state police were quoted as saying. Then the car collided with the side of the tractor-trailer. State police are investigating.

'In Search Of A Better Future For Herself And Her Daughter'

Pichardo's sister started a fundraiser late Monday night.

"Hello! I am Rosanna Diaz, sister of Vanessa Diaz," she wrote in Spanish, "and today it is very sad for me to see my only sister leave my father and mother. Who, in search of a better future for herself and her daughter, immigrated to the United States in search of their dreams without knowing that in that same place of dreams and opportunities their light would go out in an unfortunate accident."

She wrote, "Today, in the midst of great sadness, her relatives in the Dominican Republic want to say goodbye to her, after five long years without setting foot on Dominican soil, her friends and family long to see her for the last time."

The fundraiser is here.