88-Year-Old Driver Killed Trying To Cross Garden State Parkway: State Police

An 88-year-old woman was killed when she tried to drive from the right shoulder across three lanes of traffic and was struck by an SUV on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said.

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Jon Craig

12/12/2022 10:02 a.m.

Joan Butler of West Orange died from injuries she suffered in a 10:45 a.m. crash, New Jersey State Police said.

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A preliminary investigation found that a Ford passenger vehicle Butler was driving was stopped on the right shoulder in the southbound local lanes near milepost 120.5, in Aberdeen, said Sgt. Philip Curry, a State Police spokesman.

The Ford driver then attempted to maneuver across all three lanes of travel and was struck by a Lexus NX, Curry said.

Butler was taken to Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, where she was pronounced dead. The driver of the Lexus, a 49-year-old Middlesex man, suffered minor injuries in the crash, which remained under investigation on Monday, Dec. 12, Curry said.

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