High school junior dies after late-night Route 1 chase

🚨Fatal Route 1 crash follows brief police pursuit in Woodbridge

🚨A teenage passenger identified as Edison High School junior and a dog were killed

🚨The driver of a second vehicle badly hurt

WOODBRIDGE — The passenger killed in a crash on Route 1 after a brief police pursuit was a high school junior in Edison.

Woodbridge police briefly pursued a speeding Nissan Maxima on Route 1 South near Gill Lane, on late Thursday night, Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said. About a minute into the chase, the Nissan crashed into another vehicle at full speed. The police vehicle was not involved in the crash.

A passenger in the Nissan and a dog were pronounced dead at the scene, while the seriously injured occupants of the second vehicle were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital…

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