Two South Jersey residents were killed in separate vehicle accidents this weekend

VINELAND — A city man was the victim of a deadly hit-and-run accident in Salem County, authorities said.

And in a separate accident on the same day, a woman died in a single-vehicle crash on a Vineland road, according to city police.

Allen Miller Jr., a 45-year-old pedestrian, was struck by an unknown vehicle shortly before 3 a.m. Sept. 28 on U.S. Highway 40 in Pittsgrove. New Jersey State Police said that the accident happened on the eastbound highway near milepost 20.5. and that an investigation continues.

In the other accident, 37-year-old Keila Osorio-Garcia of Wildwood was a passenger in an SUV that hit a tree off East Sherman Avenue at approximately 12:35 a.m., according to Vineland police.

She was pronounced dead at the scene just east of Hance Bridge Road.

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The driver, a 52-year-old Vineland resident, was hospitalized in stable condition. The accident remains under investigation.

Anyone with any information about the Vineland accident is asked to call city police Officer Anthony Capelli at 856-691-4111, extension 4350, and reference case No. 24-41147.

Jim Walsh is a senior reporter with the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. Email: Jwalsh@cpsj.com.

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