A 21-year-old woman was killed and five others were injured, including an 11-year-old girl, in a car crash Saturday in New Jersey, state police said.
Genna Spina, a Danville resident, was ejected from her vehicle in the four-car wreck on Interstate 78 in Hillside around 2 a.m., NJ.com reported.
State police said the chain-reaction disaster began when Brandon Babb, 29, tried to change lanes while traveling westbound on the highway, striking a Toyota SUV driven by 37-year-old Vanessa Jonas, according to RLS Media.
The impact caused Babb’s Honda SUV to lose control and spin out in the middle of the highway, facing the wrong direction, cops said. Dayle Danchak, 24, was driving a Ford with Spina in the passenger seat and struck the broken-down Honda, according to investigators.
Danchak and Spina’s Ford flipped over and landed in the express lanes, where it was then struck by a Chevrolet driven by 39-year-old Derek Feltenberger, RLS reported. Two passengers in the Chevrolet, the 11-year-old girl and 59-year-old Sondra Williams, suffered minor injuries.
Danchak was seriously injured, while Jonas and Feltenberger suffered moderate injuries, authorities said. Babb, whose attempted lane change triggered the incident, was not injured.
The crash, which slowed traffic on Interstate 78 for several hours Saturday, remains under investigation.
