“It’s horrific and we don’t see this every day,” said a witness
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- Authorities said that a woman in New Jersey was killed after a pickup truck struck a parked car, sending both vehicles into a laundromat
- Another person was reportedly injured
- The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said an investigation is underway
A pickup truck collided with a parked SUV at a New Jersey strip mall, sending both vehicles through a laundromat and killing a woman inside, officials and witnesses said.
The incident occurred on Monday, April 27, at 515 Irvington Ave. in Newark, at approximately 2:30 p.m. local time, police said, per CBS affiliate WCBS.
In a news release shared with PEOPLE by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, authorities said that, based on preliminary findings, the truck struck the parked vehicle outside the Ivy Hill Laundromat. Both vehicles went through the front of the commercial establishment as a result…