2 People Who Died In Classic Car In Bergen County Crash Are Identified

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A man and woman who died in a fiery two-car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County earlier this year, closing the road overnight, have been identified by state police.

In the wee hours of Sunday, June 11, police responded to a crash between a classic 1952 Plymouth Cambridge and a Jeep Cherokee on the Turnpike near Milepost 120 in Teaneck.

The two people in the Plymouth died, but the state police were unable to release their names for weeks.

Recently State Police Sgt. Philip Curry released the names of the two adults who died in the Plymouth, when more details were requested, but could not provide much additional information.

He said the two occupants who passed away were:

• Driver Luis A. Vazquez-Rosa, 69, of Bronx, NY
• Passenger Angela J. Burgos, 62, of Bronx, NY

The two people in the Jeep sustained minor non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Back in June, state police had told the media that according to an initial investigation, both vehicles were traveling north when the Jeep struck the rear of the Plymouth shortly after midnight.

Both vehicles became engulfed in fire as a result of the crash, police said. The highway was closed for more than four hours.

An obituary for Angel J. Burgos Matos of the Bronx, with the same death date, gives her age as 54. According to Thomas Manterra Funeral Home in the Bronx, she's now interred at Rosehill Crematory in Linden. No obituary is available.

No obituary or family information could be found for Vazquez-Rosa.

Several classic car shows were taking place later that Sunday in North Jersey. A representative for a classic car show on the Hoboken waterfront said no one with those names had registered a car.

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