One person killed in pedestrian collision at Route 70 and Vermont Avenue in Lakewood, New Jersey
15-year-old girl struck, killed by car on Route 70 in Lakewood
Police said a preliminary investigation showed the driver of the vehicle, a 19-year-old Toms River man, was traveling west on Route 70 when he struck the teenager, who was walking south in the crosswalk on Vermont Avenue.
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