Crime & Safety
Wrong-Way Crash Kills Woman, Hospitalizes Man In South Jersey: Police
Speed 'may have been a factor' in the deadly accident, authorities said.
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ — A woman driving the wrong way was killed in a crash that also hospitalized the other driver on Thursday morning in Monroe Township, police said.
After the head-on crash, a 41-year-old woman from Vineland was extricated from her SUV and pronounced dead at the scene. Police withheld her name.
The other driver sustained a head injury, police said. He was driven to Cooper Trauma Center.
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"Preliminary investigation suggests that speed may have been a factor in the collision," said the Monroe Township Police Department.
The crash happened at 6:37 a.m. Thursday on Piney Hollow Road, near the intersection with Jackson Road, officials said.
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The Vineland woman entered the westbound lane on Piney Hollow Road while driving east, police said. Her 2013 Nissan Rogue struck the front of a pickup truck in the westbound lane, according to law enforcement.
Neither driver was wearing a seatbelt, police said.
The crash remains under investigation. Witnesses can contact Monroe Township Police Ptl. John VanLeer at 856-728-9800 ext. 583.
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