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On Sunday night, Frederico Cano was traveling west on White Horse Pike with two passengers in his car when he cut off a pickup truck to turn into the ShopRite parking lot, police said in a statement. The pickup truck, which was traveling eastbound, then slammed into the side of Cano’s car.
Cano and the two passengers in his car, a 17-year-old male and a 57-year-old male, were transported to a nearby hospital with injuries. The 57-year-old later died at the hospital, his identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin.
The driver of the pickup truck, a 34-year-old woman from Egg City Harbor, was not injured.
After being treated for his injuries Cano was placed under arrest for operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license and causing a motor vehicle accident resulting in death. He also received a summons for careless driving, reckless driving and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
The crash is being investigated by the Hammonton Police Department and the Atlantic County Prosecutors Office.
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