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Fundraiser Created For Family Of Teen Killed In Crash

The money will be given to Brooke Costanzo's family.

SADDLE BROOK, NJ — Thousands of dollars was donated to the family of a teenage girl who died Monday.

Brooke Costanzo was just 16 years old when she died Monday, Kiara Petrone said on a GoFundMe page set up to help Costanzo's family with funeral expenses.

More than $11,000 was donated in just three hours after the campaign went live.

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"We love you and know you’re our guardian angel now," Petrone said on the campaign page. "Much love to the family."

Petrone could not be immediately reached for comment Monday night.

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The Bergen County teenager died Monday morning as a result of injuries she sustained in a South Brunswick crash Sunday night.

She was the sole occupant of the vehicle. It took firefighters 30 minutes to pull the girl from the wreckage. She died at 6 a.m. Monday, South Brunswick police said.


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