State Police: Tractor-Trailer Strikes And Kills 24-Year-Old Somerset County Woman

A 24-year-old Warren woman was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer as she stood in the left center lane of Interstate 78 east Wednesday night.

It was just before 9 p.m. when Julia Maolucci, was struck by the 2011 Kenworth truck driven by Charles Michael Jr., of Irvington, near mile-marker 32.3 in Bridgewater, according to My Central Jersey.

State police told NJ.com that Maolucci’s 2014 Mercedes C350 was parked “on the grass adjacent to the right shoulder of the highway” at the time of the incident.

A preliminary investigation was conducted and state police believe Maolucci may have walked across the highway into the left lane where she was fatally struck.