51-Year-Old Driver Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash In Woodbridge

A 51-year-old motorist from Central Jersey was killed on the Garden State Parkway in Middlesex County, authorities said.

New Jersey State Police
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Jon Craig

11/08/2021 3:09 p.m.

Melissa M. Craden of Scotch Plains was traveling northbound on the Parkway in Woodbridge at 3:10 p.m. Saturday when her 2009 Jeep Liberty sideswiped another vehicle near milepost 131.9, a New Jersey State Police spokesman said.

Craden’s Jeep flipped and she was ejected, said Sgt. Alejandro Goez. Craden sustained fatal injuries as a result of the crash.

The driver of the other vehicle, a 2000 Chevrolet Impala, suffered minor injuries, Goez said.

The crash is still under investigation.

Anyone who witnessed the crash is urged to call the State Police’s Troop D Bloomfield Station at 732-441-4500 ext. 3400. Anonymous tips are welcome.

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