Somerset Woman Killed In North Brunswick Car Crash Wednesday

NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — A Somerset woman was identified as the fatal victim in a single-vehicle crash on Hermann Road Wednesday night.

The female driver was identified as Zebera Speed, 74, of Somerset, North Brunswick Police report.

At approximately 6:25 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, North Brunswick police were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident in front of 923 Hermann Road in North Brunswick. Police located a 2017 Kia Sedona van that had come to rest adjacent to a tree on that property. Speed was unresponsive.

Despite the efforts of police and the North Brunswick First Aid & Rescue Squad, the woman was later pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Preliminary details reveal that the van was traveling on Hermann Road westbound before leaving the roadway and hitting a single tree on the above-mentioned property. The woman was the sole occupant. There were no other vehicles or injuries involved.

Hermann Road will be closed between Livingston Avenue and Newton Street until 1:15 p.m. Thursday, North Brunswick police said, as they further investigate last night's collision.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Patrolman Jason Zier of that unit at 732-247-0922 extension 316.

— Additional reporting by Carly Baldwin

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