UPDATE: A GoFundMe campaign has been started to help with funeral expenses
Kristen Leary was headed southbound in Woodbridge when she was hit by a 23-year-old State College, Pennsylvania man hit her near milepost 94.1 around 1:45 a.m., a New Jersey State Police spokesman said.
The wrong-way driver was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick with serious injuries, State Police said.
Neither car contained passengers and the crash remains under investigation.
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