Tragic Details Released: Girl, 13, Struck, Killed By Off-Duty N.J. State Trooper ID'd

Details were released after a 13-year-old girl was killed this weekend when she was struck by a N.J. State Police trooper's vehicle.

The teen was identified as Terry DiFalco, according to reports, and she was a freshman at Westfield High School who was active in school plays.

At approximately 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Westfield Police Department patrol units responded to the 1800 block of Central Avenue to find the 13-year-old victim at that location, according to acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced Sunday.

She was pronounced dead at the scene. Friends of DiFalco told CBS2 they were gathering at Central Avenue near Wyoming Street for a scavenger hunt organized by members of the school play when she was struck.

The investigation is continuing, with the Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit, Union County Police Department, and Westfield Police Department assisting.

Superintendent Margaret Dolan spoke about the tragedy, saying "words cannot adequately describe the sorrow we feel upon the tragic loss last evening of one of our Westfield High School freshmen.” Grief counselors were supposed to be at the high school on Monday.

DiFalco also was involved in the school theater program this year and performed in "Romeo and Juliet" this past fall.

“She was talented, intelligent, everything you could want in a daughter and I knew her since first grade,” DiFalco’s former Girl Scout leader Kathy Jensen told CBS2.

Others paid tribute on social media:

Anyone with information about this matter is being urged to contact Prosecutor’s Office Sgt. Jose Vendas at 908-358-3048 or Westfield Police Lt. Jason McErlean at 908-789-6068.

We'll have more information when it comes in.

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