A van driver died and his passenger was harm in in a Tuesday morning crash alongside the New Jersey Turnpike extension connecting to the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The wreck — which left the motive force’s Ford E-350 van mangled — was reported round 6 a.m. on April 29, 2025, alongside the New Jersey Turnpike/Pennsylvania Extension eastbound previous the New Jersey Turnpike southbound in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, in response to 511NJ and New Jersey State Police.
The preliminary investigation revealed that 25-year-old Oscar Lagoa Santos Jr. crashed into the rear passenger aspect of a Freightliner tractor-trailer, state police mentioned.
Santos died, whereas his passenger, 45-year-old Heliomar Dasilva, of Newark, New Jersey, suffered severe accidents, police mentioned.
As SkyForce10 hovered overhead, their mangled automobile may very well be seen on the grass with the stopped tractor-trailer close by.
In contrast to an earlier Tuesday crash additional south on the NJ Turnpike, this crash did not seem to have main visitors implications. One lane was blocked, however visitors seemed to be shifting previous the scene.
The crash remained underneath investigation Tuesday afternoon.
