Crime & Safety

Elderly Woman Killed In Burlington County Crash: Police

The Thanksgiving-weekend collision sent both vehicles into the New Jersey Turnpike median, authorities said.

CHESTERFIELD, NJ — A collision sent two vehicles into a New Jersey highway median and killed a Massachusetts resident early Sunday morning in Burlington County, officials said.

The crash occurred at about 2:30 a.m. on the New Jersey Turnpike's south side. State Police identified the decedent as Maria Irgui, 75, of Attleboro, Massachusetts.

On the turnpike's inner roadway, a Ford passenger car hit the back of a Nissan passenger vehicle, officials said. The impact sent both vehicles into the center median, according to State Tpr. Troy McNair.

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Irgui was a passenger in the Ford, police said. Both drivers also sustained minor injuries, according to McNair.

The crash remains under investigation.

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