MANCHESTER – Authorities are still investigating a fatal four-car crash from Tuesday morning that resulted in one confirmed death and several others injured.
The crash occurred around 7:15 a.m. in the area of Whitesville Road and Route 571. According to police, 30-year-old Danielle Bowker of Toms River was driving westbound on Route 571 when she failed to maintain her lane while taking a right-hand curve. As a result, she stuck a New Jersey Department of Transportation that was going eastbound on Route 571.
The truck was driven by 30-year-old Eduardo Rivera of Hamilton Township with 26-year-old Daniel Septor of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold Township in the passage seat.
After Bowker hit the truck, the truck lost control and proceeded to collide into another car driven by 48-year-old Michael Sadis of Toms River. Subsequently, Sadis was pushed off the roadway into an embankment, police said.
The truck continued in the same direction until it hit another car driven by 58-year-old Paul Lambert of Toms River.
The crash resulted in Bowker, Rivera and Septor sustaining minor injuries and were all transported to Community Medical Center in Toms River for treatment. Lambert had to be airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, and is currently listed in critical condition. Sadis was pronounced deceased at the scene.
At this time, the crash is under investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit, Manchester Township Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit.
