JACKSON — A Perth Amboy woman, the mother of a three-month-old infant, was killed Friday afternoon when her vehicle collided head-on with a dump truck on a busy Jackson roadway, authorities said.
Jackson police said Evelin Villanueva-Detejeda, 43, was driving south on Toms River Road (Route 571) shortly after 2 p.m. when her van crossed into the northbound lane near Osprey Road, striking an oncoming dump truck. Both vehicles caught fire following the impact, investigators said. The truck driver attempted to brake but was unable to avoid the crash, according to witness accounts.
Villanueva-Detejeda was pronounced dead at the scene. The dump truck driver was not injured. Police said officers attempted to rescue the woman from the burning van but were forced back by advancing flames until firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Route 571 is a two-lane highway that carries heavy commuter and commercial traffic between Toms River and Route 195.
State Police statistics show the crash marked the fifth fatal motor vehicle accident on the roadway in Ocean County this year.
A GoFundMe campaign organized on behalf of Villanueva-Detejeda said she had no immediate family in the United States and leaves behind an infant child.
Donations are being raised to help return her remains, and her child, to the Dominican Republic, where relatives plan to lay her to rest.
The crash remains under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to contact Jackson Township police.
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