Crime & Safety

Driver Killed After Pickup Truck Hits Pole In South Jersey: Police

A 47-year-old man was pronounced dead at the hospital, authorities said.

FRANKLINVILLE, NJ — A man died after his pickup truck hit a pole Monday morning in Gloucester County, officials said.

The single-vehicle crash occurred at about 10:30 a.m. on the 2500 block of Delsea Drive in Franklinville, according to law enforcement. Walter Green 4th, 47, of Monroeville, was driving north when his Ram pickup truck traveled off the roadway and hit the utility pole, police said.

First responders found Green unresponsive and rendered medical aid at the scene, according to the Franklin Township Police Department. Officials took Green to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Gloucester County EMS and the Franklinville Fire Department assisted at the scene. Cpl. M. Guzman, of Franklin Township PD, is investigating the crash.

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