Two drivers from Whiting were flown to Jersey Shore University Medical Center this morning after a grisly head-on crash on Route 530 in Manchester.

Head-on crash, Route 530, 1-22-16 (Manchester PD)
Head-on crash, Route 530, 1-22-16 (Manchester PD)
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Police said that Alma Brekke, 79, and Joseph Dufault, 78, were secured by seat restraints.

According to police, Mrs. Brekke was westbound, with her dog, in her 2015 Hyundai Elantra, after leaving the dog park at Ocean County Airport (Robert J. Miller Airpark) in Berkeley Township.

Mr. Dufault was headed east in a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. In the stretch between Congasia Road and America's Keswick, Mrs. Brekke's car veered across the dividing line, into the path of his vehicle.

Mrs. Brekke's dog was placed in the Ocean County Animal Shelter.

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