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Jackpot Joy: Oakhurst Lotto Ticket Snags $685K Prize
A stroke of luck has made one Monmouth County ticket holder a big winner in a Jersey Cash 5 drawing, lottery officials said.
The ticket purchased matched all five numbers to claim the $685,092 jackpot in the drawing on Saturday, Nov. 16, the New Jersey Lottery said in a news release. The winner was bought at Minimart Plus, located in the Towne Center shopping plaza on Route 35 North in Oakhurst.
The winning numbers were 21, 35, 36, 44, and 45. The XTRA number was 03 and the Bullseye number was 45.
As a reward for selling the winning ticket, the convenience store will receive a $2…
Woman, 25, Killed In Crash At Rural South Jersey Intersection: Troopers
A Pemberton Township woman was killed when her car crashed into several trees near a rural intersection, authorities said.
Jesenia Sosa-Sanchez, 25, died in the crash on Saturday, Nov, 16, a state police spokesperson said. Troopers responded to the intersection of Forked Neck and Tuckerton roads in Shamong Township at around 10:30 a.m.
Investigators said Sosa-Sanchez was traveling east on Tuckerton Road in a Chevrolet Cruze. She failed to stop at the intersection's stop sign, went off the road to the left, and struck multiple trees.
Sosa-Sanchez was pronounced dead at the scene. …