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One woman is dead after a fiery crash on Route 571 in Toms River, NJ
Route 571 and Oak Ridge Parkway was closed Monday morning due to a motor vehicle crash resulting of the death of one woman.
According to Toms River Police at approximately 7 am, police and fire units were dispatched for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment and a vehicle fire.
Claudine Silvestri, 52 of Toms River, was traveling westbound on route 571 in the left lane when she suddenly drifted into the right lane and struck a curb and a guard rail according to a witness. The vehicle then veered to the left and entered the oncoming traffic lanes where she collided head-on with a sign truck before her vehicle caught fire.
Once the police and EMTs arrived, they extinguished the fire. However, Ms. Silvestri was trapped inside and had to be extricated from the vehicle. She was pronounced at the scene.
The Toms River Police, Toms River EMT‘s, Pleasant Plains and Silverton Fire Companies, the Ocean County Prosecutor‘s Office, the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department CSI, and Berkeley Hazmat all reported to the accident scene.
The accident remains under investigation by Toms River Traffic Safety Officers Mark Nater and Ryan Fitzgerald.
