TOMS RIVER — Two women died Saturday night in Ocean County’s fifth fatal Garden State Parkway crash this year, after two vehicles hit a tractor-trailer near the Toms River toll plaza, according to State Police.
The collisions occurred at 9:42 p.m. in the northbound lanes near milepost 87. A Genesis passenger vehicle and a Freightliner tractor-trailer were stopped in the center lane, police said.
A northbound Honda driven by Caryn J. Coon, 22, of Forked River, struck the tractor-trailer before leaving the roadway and traveling down an embankment. Coon was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said.
Moments later, a Ford SUV struck the same tractor-trailer. The driver, Amanda K. McHenry, 32, of New York, and her passenger, Lauren J. Maturo, 32, of Syosset, New York, were killed, according to police.
The tractor-trailer driver, whose name was not released, suffered minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.
The accident remains under investigation.
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