Crime & Safety

One Killed In Marlboro Rt. 18 Crash Saturday

The fatal accident occurred sometime around 5:20 a.m. Saturday on Rt. 18 north in Marlboro, near the Texas Road overpass.

MARLBORO TOWNSHIP, NJ — A person was killed in the misty, pre-dawn hours Saturday in a three-car motor vehicle crash in Marlboro Township. The accident occurred sometime around 5:20 a.m. Saturday on Rt. 18 north in Marlboro, near the Texas Road overpass.

At 5:24 a.m. the Marlboro Township Police Department received numerous emergency calls reporting a motor vehicle accident on Rt. 18 north in the area of the Texas Road overpass just prior to U.S. Highway 9. Upon police arrival, it was determined that three motor vehicles were involved in the accident and one person suffered severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. That person's identity has not been released by police.

Preliminary information is that the accident involved a silver Hyundai Elantra, a black Dodge pick-up truck and a red Dodge pick-up truck. Information pertaining to the involved drivers identities is being withheld at this time until notifications to the next of kin can be made.

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Anyone with information concerning the accident is asked to contact Cpl. Kenneth Marrone at (732) 536-
0304 ext 1546 or KMarrone@MarlboroPD.org.

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