Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Killed Walking Along Galloway Highway In Early Morning Crash: Police
The 20-year-old woman was struck and killed walking along White Horse Pike at about 5 a.m. Monday, Galloway police said.
GALLOWAY, NJ — A 20-year-old woman was struck and killed while walking on White Horse Pike in an early morning crash Monday, Galloway police said in a news release.
Police were dispatched to the area of White Horse Pike and Damson Avenue at around 5 a.m. June 2 for the report of a pedestrian-involved crash, officials said.
A 31-year-old Absecon woman was driving west in a 2009 GMC Sierra, police said. As the woman was driving in the inside lane, her pickup truck hit the pedestrian, who was walking in the inside westbound lane, police said.
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The pedestrian was pronounced dead on the scene; the driver was uninjured and was the only one in the vehicle, police said.
The pedestrian's identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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The roadway was closed for about four hours while the scene was investigated and has since been re-opened for normal traffic.
Anyone with further information is asked to contact Patrolman Stewart #107 at 609-652-3705x5107.
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