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Veteran NJ School Board Member Killed In Pickup Crash

A former longtime local school board member from Sussex County was killed when her pickup truck veered off the road and slammed into a tree Wednesday night, State Police confirmed.

Tina M. Larsen

Tina M. Larsen

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Tina Larsen, a 54-year-old mother of three from Newton, was headed west on Swartswood Road (Route 622) in Fredon when NJSP Detective I Jeffrey Lebron said the Dodge crashed off the right shoulder shortly before 9:30 p.m. March 6.

She was pronounced dead at the scene, responders said.

Larsen, who'd been a Newton Board of Education member for well over a decade, previously owned and operated her own cleaning company out of Newton. She also served for a time on the town's planning board and was an active volunteer with local school and youth sports programs.

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