Kenyan Woman Dies in A Car Crash in Hillsborough, NJ

A Manville woman died following a two-car crash on Route 206 and Mountain View Road in Hillsborough Sunday night, with the investigation closing the road for about four hours, Hillsborough Township Police said.

Veronica Kuria, 37, of South 20th Avenue in Manville, was pronounced dead at Somerset Medical Center following the 7:58 p.m. crash Sunday. Police are still investigating the crash, and could not say whether Ms. Kuria’s death resulted from it.

Alcohol is not believed to have been a factor, Hillsborough Township Police Chief Paul Kaminsky said.

A second driver, James Ohe, 50, of Belle Mead, was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for a broken leg and other moderate injuries from the crash, he added.

According to police, Ms. Kuria was driving north on Route 206 when her Toyota Camry crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a Chevy Trailblazer that Mr. Ohe was driving south. When police and rescue personnel arrived at the scene, Ms. Kuria was found to be unconscious and trapped in the vehicle.

The Hillsborough Rescue Squad and the Somerset Medical Center Paramedics reported using the Jaws of Life to extract Ms. Kuria from the vehicle, and began CPR during the extrication, Chief Kaminsky said. Though the New Jersey State Police’s Northstar medical helicopter had reported to the scene, Ms. Kuria was transported to Somerset Medical Center by ambulance. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The Hillsborough Township Police and Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Team conducted an investigation of the crash site, which closed Route 206 for about four hours.

The Hillsborough Township Police, Fire Company No. 2, Rescue Squad, the New Jersey State Police Northstar medical helicopter, Somerset Medical Center Paramedics, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Team, and the New Jersey Department of Transportation responded to the scene.
 

Source: http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2010/07/12/hillsborough_beacon/new...