1 killed, dozen hurt when van overturns on I-295 near Hamilton Township
HAMILTON, N.J. - A van carrying 14 people crashed and overturned on a major highway in central New Jersey, killing a New York City man and injuring all the other passengers.
State police say the accident in the northbound lanes of Interstate 295 occurred around 3:20 p.m. Wednesday near milepost 59 in Hamilton.
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Witnesses said the van veered off the right side of the highway and struck a guard rail, then slid back onto the road and overturned.
Four people were ejected from the vehicle. Daniel Del Carmen Marmol Batista, a 55-year-old Ridgewood, New York resident was killed.
Two other passengers, a 47-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man, were hospitalized with undisclosed serious injuries.
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