Deadly days on South Jersey roads claim five lives
MANSFIELD - A South Jersey man died in a chain-reaction accident on the New Jersey Turnpike here.
Lawrence Orlando, 24, of Millville, was a passenger in one of three vehicles involved in collisions around 10:35 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, said New Jersey State Police.
According to a police account, Orlando was in a Honda that struck another car while both were northbound on the turnpike near milepost 49.7.
The Honda became disabled, and was struck by a northbound SUV, said New Jersey State Police.
Driver, passenger lose their lives Crash near Deptford High School kills two, critically injures two
The three drivers sustained minor injuries, but Orlando died after being taken to an area hospital.
Also on Dec. 27, a Pennsylvania resident died in a head-on crash that closed a Harrison Township road for about four hours.
Monir Lancaster, 38, of Chester, was fatally injured around 4:30 p.m. on Stephen M. Sweeney Way, also called the Mullica Road bypass, near Theresa Drive.
Lancaster's westbound car veered into the eastbound lane and struck a pickup truck driven by a Glassboro resident, according to township police.
The second motorist sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.
In other local accidents, James Rodriguez, 27, of Minotola, died when his vehicle struck trees off the Black Horse Pike in Hamilton, Atlantic County, around 11:58 p.m. Dec. 23.
Two fatal accidents occurred one day earlier.
A 5:45 a.m. crash killed a passenger who was ejected from a vehicle after a crash on Route 130 South near Terrace Avenue, according to Camden County Police.
The one-car accident occurred near the city's border with Pennsauken.
The victim's name was not released due to a pending investigation, police said.
The driver, described as alert and conscious, was taken to a local hospital.
In Westampton, a pedestrian was fatally struck on Route 541 around 5:40 p.m.
Additional details were not available from police in Camden and Westampton.
Jim Walsh is a senior reporter for the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. Email: Jwalsh@cpsj.com.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Victims include a Millville man in chain-reaction crash
