By - Associated Press - Sunday, January 3, 2021
BARNEGAT, N.J. (AP) - Authorities have identified two people killed in what they said was a wrong-way crash on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey on New Year’s morning.
State police said 25-year-old Emily Soc of Ewing Township was driving a car south in the northbound lanes of the parkway when she collided with a sport utility vehicle at about 7:45 a.m. Friday in Barnegat Township, Ocean County.
Police said both Soc and the SUV driver, 61-year-old Colleen Roche of Barnegat, were killed. The Asbury Park Press reported that one vehicle overturned and some fire was reported in the other.
Wrong-way driver causes double-fatal crash on Parkway, cops say
Published: January 2, 2021
Vehicle involved in a fatal crash on the Garden State Parkway in Barnegat on Jan. 1. (Dave Lansing)
BARNEGAT A woman driving the wrong way on the Garden State Parkway on the morning of New Year s Day caused a crash the killed her and another driver, State Police said.
Police say 25-year-old Ewing resident Emily Soc was driving a Toyota south on the northbound lanes of the highway until she crashed head-on with a Honda CRV driven by Colleen Roche, 61, of Barnegat.
Both drivers died; neither car had passengers.
The crash was reported at 7:45 a.m. at mile post 68.1 in Barnegat. The aftermath of the crash closed the entire northbound stretch of the Parkway for several hours on Friday.
UpdatedSat, Jan 2, 2021 at 12:11 pm ET
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BARNEGAT – State Police have identified the two women who died in a wrong-way fatal crash on the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County on New Year s Day, officials said.
State Police reported on Saturday that the two people who died were Emily Soc, 25, of Ewing Township and Colleen Roche, 61, of Barnegat.
Soc was driving a Toyota south in the northbound lanes and struck the front of a Honda CRV driven by Roche, who was traveling northbound, police said.
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Those who knew Roche spoke about their loss on Facebook.
The northbound side of the highway was closed for several hours at mile marker 68.1, which the crash site.
Driver ID’d after traveling wrong way on Parkway, killing herself and another driver
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
Traveling in the wrong direction on the Garden State Parkway, a driver crashed into the front of another car, killing both herself and the other driver on New Year’s Day, authorities said.
State Police said Ewing Township resident Emily Soc, 25, was driving her Toyota southbound on the Parkway’s northbound lanes in Barnegat Township in Ocean County when she struck the front of a Honda CRV, causing it to overturn.
The Honda’s driver was identified as Barnegat resident Colleen Roche, 61.
Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene, police said, and no passengers were involved in the crash.