Retired Coach and Wife Killed After Their SUV Crashes Into Neighbor’s Home and Catches Fire

“Their legacy lives on in every student who learned to believe in themselves,” the school said of Thomas and Lisa Hengel

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  • Thomas Hengel, 72, and his wife, Lisa Hengel, 61, were killed after their car crashed into their neighbor’s home on Jan. 17
  • Thomas was a beloved cross-country and track coach at Clearview Regional High School for over 40 years
  • The school remembered the couple in a Monday, Jan. 19 statement, saying, “He and his wife Lisa lived their lives within our community, always displaying kindness and humility”

A beloved high school coach and his wife died after their car crashed into their neighbor’s home in Harrison Township, N.J., on Jan. 17.

Shortly after 6 p.m., Thomas Hengel, 72, and his wife, Lisa Hengel, 61, were in their Hyundai Palisade SUV when it accelerated and crashed into the neighbor’s home, ABC 6 reported, citing investigators. The crash caused a fire, which quickly consumed the car and the home.

No one inside the home was injured; however, the home is now uninhabitable, CBS Philadelphia reported…

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