Caryn Coon was 22 and lived in Forked River. Lauren Maturo was 32 and came from Syosset, New York. Both women died Saturday night, Oct. 24, in a crash on the northbound Garden State Parkway in Toms River. They were in separate cars.
It started with a Genesis that broke down in the center lane near milepost 87. A Freightliner tractor-trailer was stopped right behind it. New Jersey State Police say that was the scene at about 9:42 p.m.
Coon was driving a Honda in the same stretch of road. She hit the back of the truck. The force sent her car off the right side of the Parkway and down a grassy embankment. Coon suffered fatal injuries.
Seconds later, a Ford SUV hit the back of that same truck. Amanda McHenry, 32, of New York City, was behind the wheel. Maturo, 32, was in the front passenger seat. She died from her injuries.
McHenry was seriously hurt and was taken to a hospital. The truck driver had minor injuries. State police said no one else was hurt.
Saturday’s crash was the fifth deadly one on the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County this year. This one happened just north of the Toms River toll plaza.
Police have not said why the Genesis stopped in the center lane. For two families, that question comes after a bigger one. A 22-year-old from Forked River and a 32-year-old from Long Island did not make it home.
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