Egg Harbor Township Woman Sentenced To 21 Years For Fatal Crash

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ — An Egg Harbor Township woman has been sentenced on aggravated manslaughter charges in connection with a car crash that killed a mother and her infant son in 2019, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill said Monday.

Nancy Cavanaugh, 68, was sentenced Monday to 21 years in New Jersey state prison under the No Early Release Act (NERA).

Cavanaugh pleaded guilty on Sept. 30 to two counts of first-degree aggravated manslaughter. In October 2019, Cavanaugh was charged with two counts of aggravated manslaughter in connection with a crash that happened on Feb. 26, 2019 on English Creek Avenue in Egg Harbor Township.

According to an investigation, Cavanaugh was the driver of a vehicle that left its lane of travel and collided head-on with a vehicle driven by Alisha Williams, 31, of Somers Point.

Both Williams and her 10-month-old son were killed in the crash, Shill said. The investigation further concluded that Cavanaugh was driving in excess of the speed limit while under the influence of multiple intoxicating substances, including alcohol and alprazolam when her car left its lane of travel, causing the crash, Shill said.

This investigation was a cooperative effort between the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Crash Investigations Unit and the Egg Harbor Township Police Department.

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