4 Killed In Hillsborough, Bridgewater During Ida Flooding

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — Four people have died in flooded waters while trapped in vehicles in Bridgewater and Hillsborough, said Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Spokesman Frank Roman.

"Please say a prayer for the lives lost yesterday in the floods in Hillsborough," said Former Hillsborough Mayor Doug Tomson.

Two women were identified as the two deaths in Hillsborough.

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The Hillsborough Police Department responded to multiple water rescues of residents whose vehicles became disabled in quickly rising floodwaters.

Once waters began to recede, two vehicles in separate locations were found with the drivers found dead inside, said Hillsborough Police Corporal Jack Howard.

Cheryl Talke, 61, of Belle Mead, was found in a car at Route 206 near the Montgomery border. Daphnee Francisca Lopez Del Bono, 30, a resident of Santiago Chile, who lived in Ringoes was found in a car on Amwell Road near North Willow, according to Howard.

Lopez Del Bono was one the people believed to originally be missing.

A Hillsborough Patch reader also shared a flyer of a missing woman named Daphne Francisca Lopez who called her friend on Wednesday night saying her gray Saturn car stalled out near The Landing restaurant on Route 206. She called for help and has not been seen since.

The deaths are not considered suspicious at this time but remain under investigation by the Hillsborough Police Department and the New Jersey State Medical Examiner’s Office.

Reports of missing people are still coming in with at least one confirmed in Bridgewater, said Roman.

A Raritan woman remains missing on Thursday afternoon after she was swept away by floodwaters in Bridgewater on Wednesday night. Read More: Search For Woman Missing In Bridgewater Flood Waters

Roads remain closed in Hillsborough and Bridgewater as cleanup from Hurricane Ida continues Thursday.

As of 8:29 a.m., the National Weather Service reported Bridgewater received 8.55 inches of rain.

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