Update: Marlboro Police Release Names Of Two Killed In Crash

Police have released the names of the two Monmouth County residents killed in a one-car crash early Saturday in Marlboro.

Jonathan Ochoa, 20, of Manalapan and Gillian Lehrer, 18, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died in the crash on Tennent Road, near Duncan Drive, police said.

According to a news release from Capt. Frederick J. Reck:

Ochoa was driving the 2009 Honda Accord when it left the road around 1:10 a.m., hit a gully, hit trees and then overturned.

Ochoa was partially ejected from the car.

His passenger, Lehrer, was removed from the car before police arrived at the scene.

The Morganville First Aid Squad took both Ochoa and Lehrer to Centra State Medical Center in Freehold Township, where they were pronounced dead a short time later.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation by Officer Richard Borowsky of the Marlboro Township Police Department’s Traffic and Safety Bureau.

The Manalapan Township Police Department, Robertsville Fire Department, Gordons Corner Road Fire Department, Morganville First Aid Squad and MONOC Paramedics assisted at the scene.

According to a notice posted on the Freeman Manalapan-Marlboro Funeral Home, services for Lehrer were Monday at Beth Isreal Cemetery in Woodbridge.

A wake will be held for Ochoa on Wednesday at the Freeman Manalapan-Marlboro Funeral Home from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Manalapan, the funeral home’s website said.