Details Revealed On Thursday's Easton Avenue Fatal Crash

FRANKLIN, NJ — One woman is dead and two others were hospitalized following a serious crash on Easton Avenue on Thursday afternoon.

Multiple 911 calls reported the two-car crash at 1:54 p.m. on Easton Avenue in the area of Culver Street.

An investigation found that a 2005 Dodge Ram Pick-up driven by Jhonny Herrera, 40, of North Brunswick, was driving southbound on Easton Avenue when it struck a 1999 Lexus RX300 that was entering the intersection of Easton Avenue from Culver Street, according to Franklin Township Police.

The Lexus was driven by a 59-year-old woman from Clinton, she was pronounced dead at the scene. Her passenger, a 60-year-old woman from Bridgewater, was transported to a local area trauma center with serious, possibly life-threatening injuries, police report.

Herrera was also transported to a local area trauma center with apparent non-life threatening injuries.

Easton Avenue was closed for about 4 and a half hours during the investigation.

The factors that contributed to the crash are currently under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Patrolman Jose Jaime of the Franklin Township Police Department’s Traffic Safety Bureau at 732-873-5533 extension 3143 or at jose.jaime@franklinnj.gov.

Individuals can also provide information anonymously through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip line at 1-888-577-TIPS(8477) or through the STOPit app. The STOPit app allows citizens to provide anonymous reports including videos and photos. STOPit can be downloaded to your smart phone for free at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, access code: SOMERSETNJ.

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