Four dead in traffic crashes; victims from Mays Landing, Middlesex, Monroeville, Bridgeton
FRANKLIN TWP. - A Monroeville man died when his pickup truck hit a tree off Delsea Drive, police say.
Walter Green IV, 47, struck a utility pole off the northbound highway near Coles Mill Road around 10:40 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 14, according to Franklin police.
Green was one of at least three motorists to die in single-vehicle accidents in South Jersey in recent days. A pedestrian also was fatally struck on an area highway.
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According to police:
∎ In Hamilton, an SUV struck 32-year-old Jessica Lavin while the Mays Landing woman was in the roadway of Route 50 near Spruce Street. The accident happened around 1:15 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15.
The driver, a 65-year-old Egg Harbor City man, remained at the scene.
Lavin was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
Anyone who saw the accident is asked to call Hamilton Police Detectkve Greg Blose or Officer Christen Mandela at 609-625-2700.
∎ In Mount Laurel, a Middlesex County man died when his pickup truck hit the center median of the New Jersey Turnpike around 6:50 a.m. Aug. 11, State Police said.
John W Austin, 67, of South Plainfield lost control of his vehicle near milepost 39 on the northbound turnpike, police said.
∎ In Fairfield, a Bridgeton man died when a dump truck he was driving plunged into the Cohansey River on Aug. 10.
Matthew Jacobs Jr., 60, left the southbound lane of Bridgeton-Fairton Road around 11:30 p.m., according to New Jersey State Police.
The truck broke through a guardrail before entering the river.
A passenger in the truck was hospitalized with moderate injuries, police said.
The accidents remain under investigation.
Jim Walsh is a senior reporter with the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. Email: jwalsh@cpsj.com.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Accidents kill four in Franklin, Fairfield, Hamilton and Mount Laurel
