94-year-old driver killed in crash at Garden State Parkway toll plaza

BARNEGAT TWP, NJ – A 94-year-old man was killed while driving his vehicle into a toll plaza on the Garden State Parkway on Thursday. The New Jersey State Police reported that Mario Medici, of Howell, drove his vehicle onto the median and barrier between toll plaza lanes at the Barnegat toll plaza at around 3:00 pm.

Police do not know what caused the man to lose control. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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