According to the Ocean City Patch, a 31-year-old New Jersey State Trooper and another driver were killed in a head-on collision in Millville, New Jersey, on Monday evening.
Trooper Frankie Williams was driving south on Route 55 on a call around 6:59 p.m. local time when the crash happened. Officials say a driver of a Toyota Corolla traveling north crossed over the median near mile marker 22.2, crashing into the trooper’s vehicle.
The Ocean City Patch reports that Williams was airlifted to Cooper University in Camden where he died from injuries.
Officials are investigating the cause of the crash, and the cause of death of both drivers has not been determined. The Ocean City Patch reports that six people have been killed on Route 55 this year, including a 24-year-old former Miss New Jersey. In addition, a crash on Thanksgiving weekend sent three people to the hospital with serious injuries on the same highway.
The following information is provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA):