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Driver Killed In Route 49 Crash In South Jersey (Update)
A 72-year-old driver from Florida was killed in a crash along Route 49 in Atlantic County, authorities said.
Troopers responded to the crash at about 8 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, on Route 49 West at milepost 49 in Estell Manor, according to New Jersey State Police spokesman Sgt. Charles Marchan.
Based on a preliminary investigation, Mark Jones of Cape Coral, FL, was driving a Ford Escape when it traveled off the road and struck a tree, Marchan said.
As a result of the crash, Jones sustained fatal injuries, he said.
The crash remains under investigation.
All lanes of Roiute 49 were close…
