Crime & Safety
Eatontown Man Killed In Parkway Crash In South Jersey
An Ocean Grove woman who was driving, an Asbury Park man and the Eatontown man were all killed in Sunday night's crash, said State Police.
ATLANTIC COUNTY, NJ - An Eatontown man and two others died Sunday night in a car accident on the Garden State Parkway in Atlantic County, according to NJ State Police.
Three people total were killed in the car crash and they are all local to the area: Driver Sabrina Kontos, 24, of Ocean Grove; and passengers Dion Bullock, 27, Asbury Park, and Omar Williams, 28, Eatontown.
A fourth person inside the Kia survived the crash, and remains in critical condition.
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The crash took place shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday on the Parkway south near milepost 44.6 in Port Republic, said a State Police spokesman.
A Toyota and Kia, driven by Kontos, were traveling southbound when the Kia hit the rear of the Toyota. The Kia veered off the Parkway and collided with a tree.
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Kontos and two of the three passengers in the car were killed. The fourth person in the car, a young man, remains in critical condition, according to family. The driver of the Toyota was not injured.
This GoFundMe page has been set up for Williams, the 28-year-old Eatontown young man. The money will help his mother bury him, said family.
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