A head-on accident in Ocean County late Wednesday afternoon claimed the life of a teenager.
Just before 6:00, officers with the Jackson Township Police Department were called to the area of East Veterans Highway and West Lake Court for a report of a serious crash.
An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office determined that a 2019 Ford F-150 pickup truck, being driven by an 18-year-old woman who had a front-seat passenger, was traveling eastbound on East Veterans Highway when it crossed over into the westbound lane and struck a 2009 Nissan Altima head-on, being driven by a 16-year-old male.
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The driver of the Nissan was taken to Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus in Lakewood where he died a short time later…