18-Year-Old Driver Killed In Route 1 Central Jersey Crash: Prosecutor

An 18-year-old driver died after her vehicle struck a vacant building on Route 1 in Edison, authorities said.

Diana Somarriba
Photo Credit: *Facebook/ Diana Somarriba*

01/21/2022 12:38 p.m.

Diana Somarriba, of South Brunswick, sent her car into a building on the southbound side of Route 1 near Fox Road around 10:25 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan said.

Somarriba had two teen boys in the car with her. Somarriba was transported to a nearby hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

The investigation is active and continuing.

Anyone with information\ is asked to call Captain Dominic Masi of the Edison Police Department at (732) 248-7400 or Detective Jonathan Berman of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4328.

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