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Driver, 29, Killed In Head-On Route 77 Crash In Cumberland County
A 29-year-old man from Cumberland County was killed in a head-on crash along Route 77, authorities said.
Troopers responded to the crash at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 southbound in Upper Deerfield Township, according to Troy McNair, a New Jersey State Police spokesman.
Dakota Kott, of Upper Deerfield Township, was killed in the crash, Trooper McNair said.
Kott was driving a 2017 Nissan passenger car south on Route 77 and a 2016 Nissan passenger car was traveling northbound near milepost 5, McNair said.
Kott crossed over into the northbound lanes and collided with the 2016 Nissan head-on…
South Jersey Driver Gets 5 Years State Prison For DWI Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, 24
A Gloucester County, NJ, motorist who admits being drunk when he fatally hit a Philadelphia passenger who had just stepped out of his car, has been sentenced to five years in state prison, authorities said.
Jesus A. Leal-Corona, 49, of Monroeville, was driving on Route 77 in Elk Township on Sept. 27, 2019, when he struck Frankie L. Hensley, 24, of Philadelphia, police said.
Hensley was a passenger in a car involved in an earlier crash. He had stepped out of the car to check on the driver of the other vehicle, according to police.
Hensley was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Leal-Coron…
