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Fatal Crash on County Route 518 Claims Life of 21-Year-Old Pennington Resident

by Community Contributor

On Tuesday, May 21 at 3:02pm, Hopewell Township Police officers were dispatched to a single-car motor vehicle crash on County Route 518 just outside of Hopewell Borough. Officers arrived on the scene and found a grey colored Saturn sedan off the roadway in a wooded area between Kings Path and Aunt Molly Road.

The initial investigation shows that the driver of the Saturn was traveling west on County Route 518, when he went off the roadway into a wooded area and struck a tree. The driver of the Saturn, a 21 year old from Pennington NJ, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The crash is being investigated by Officer George Peterson and Detective Steven Ciosek of the Hopewell Township Police Department, as well as Detectives from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Serious Collision Response Team.   

Anyone who may have witnessed this crash is asked to contact Detective Steven Ciosek at 609-737-3100 ext. 5500 or [email protected].  

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