Crime & Safety
Girl, 8, Among 2 Killed In Burlington Co. Crash: Police
2 other people were seriously injured after a car struck the guardrail and then hit another vehicle, authorities said.
FLORENCE, NJ — Two people, including an 8-year-old girl, were killed in a crash that also seriously injured two women Sunday night in Burlington County, authorities said.
It happened at 10:17 p.m. on Interstate 295 North in Florence Township, said Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron, a State Police spokesperson.
A Hyundai Santa Fe struck the right guardrail, re-entered the roadway and hit a Hyundai Tucson, Lebron said. Both vehicles ran off the roadway to the left and struck multiple trees.
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The Tuscon driver — Sharfu Uddin, 36 — and an 8-year-old girl in the back seat of his vehicle were killed, Lebron said. A 26-year-old woman who was also riding in the rear was seriously injured.
Police identified all three as Elizabeth residents.
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The Santa Fe driver — a 29-year-old Miami woman — also sustained serious injuries. She and the Elizabeth woman were both brought to the hospital.
The crash remains under investigation.
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