Crime & Safety

Manalapan Man Killed In NJ Turnpike Crash

Rene Melendez Jr., 36, of Manalapan was killed while driving a Ford van through the Interchange 14 toll plaza at I-78.

MANALAPAN, NJ — A Manalapan man was killed this weekend in a fatal crash on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Rene Melendez Jr., 36, of Manalapan was driving a Ford van at 4:39 p.m. when he passed through the Interchange 14 toll plaza at the New Jersey Turnpike and crashed soon afterward, police said.

Melendez struck a guardrail between Interstate 78 local and express lanes, police said.

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He was pronounced dead at 5:13 p.m., police said.

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