VINELAND – A Wildwood woman who was the passenger in a vehicle died after the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree on Saturday, Sept. 28, at around 12:30 a.m.
According to wpgtalkradio.com, the Vineland Police Department responded to a single-car crash on East Sherman Avenue, near Hance Bridge Road, at about that time.
A preliminary investigation found that Armando Garcia, 52, of Vineland, was driving a 2009 Nissan Pathfinder eastbound on East Sherman Avenue when he veered into a wooded area just east of Hance Bridge Road and struck a tree.
As a result of the collision, his front-seat passenger, Keila Osoria-Garcia, 37, of Wildwood, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Garcia was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden for treatment of serious injuries; he was last reported in stable condition. There were no charges filed as of press deadline.
Anyone with any information about the accident is asked to call officer Anthony Capelli with the Vineland Police Department’s Traffic Safety Unit at 856-691-4111.
Contact the reporter, Christopher South, at csouth@cmcherald.com or 609-886-8600, ext. 128.
