VIDEO: NJ Trooper Killed in Head-On Crash
A New Jersey state police trooper and another driver were killed in a head-on crash on Rt. 55 in Millville, Cumberland County Monday afternoon.
Around 6:59 p.m. a man traveling southbound in his Toyota Corolla crossed the grass median, entered the northbound lanes and crashed head-on into a marked state police vehicle.
Trooper Frankie Williams, 31, was on duty and responding to a call at the time of the collision, state police said in a statement early Tuesday.
The driver of the Corolla was pronounced dead at the scene.
The trooper was flown to Cooper University Hospital in Camden for treatment, but was pronounced dead, WPVI TV reports.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.