2017 News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 24, 2017
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State Police Investigate Fatal Crash Involving Marked Troop Car
Lebanon Borough, N.J. - The New Jersey State Police is investigating a fatal crash involving a marked troop car and a GMC Envoy.
On Saturday, April 23, at 7:57 a.m., Trooper Emmanuel Gonzalo, 26, who is assigned to Troop “B” Perryville Station, was driving a marked Ford Crown Victoria troop car westbound on U.S. Highway 22 in Lebanon Borough, Hunterdon County, after being dispatched to a motor vehicle crash on Interstate 78 in Union Township, Hunterdon County. Based on the preliminary investigation, a GMC Envoy driven by Larry Helwig, 72, of Bridgewater, N.J., was involved in a collision with the troop car at the intersection of U.S. 22 and Cokesbury Road.
Larry Helwig was pronounced deceased at the scene at 8:35 a.m. His passenger, Jane Roxbury, 67, of Lebanon, N.J., was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Trooper Emmanuel Gonzalo was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and later released.
This is preliminary information only. The investigation remains active and on-going.
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