A New Jersey Community Mourns Death Of A High School Senior

New Jersey High School Senior Killed in Car Crash

It is so tragic that just days before graduation, a senior in Burlington County will not wear the cap and gown following a traffic crash that left the teen dead and a community mourning.

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According to Patch, several students were also seriously injured in the accident. "A Lenape High School senior was killed and two of their classmates were seriously injured in a head-on crash Tuesday in Hopewell Township, officials said. The students were in a car that collided with a tractor-trailer. All three were hospitalized, and one of them succumbed to their injuries later that day."

Thoughts and prayers go out to the families and the schools in Burlington County. According to Patch, "The crash happened around noon on Route 31 in Mercer County's Hopewell Township. A Honda Civic was traveling south when it crossed into the northbound side and hit a tractor-trailer head-on, according to the preliminary police investigation."