Passenger In Single-Car South Jersey Crash Has Died, Driver Charged

The vehicle struck a tree and the front-seat passenger, Merna Ramon Gonzalez, 20, of Bridgeton, was fatally injured last month. She was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital, Camden, and died on Dec. 5, New Jersey State Police said.

Meldin R. Sebastian Alvarez, 21, of Bridgeton, was driving a car northbound on Bridgeton Road (Route 614) in Upper Pittsgrove Township shortly after 2 p.m. on Nov. 29, when the vehicle ran off the roadway, according to State Police.

Alvarez was charged with driving while unlicensed and causing death, and endangering the welfare of a child, police said. 

The driver and a juvenile passenger in the backseat were treated for minor injuries.

The crash remains under investigation.

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