The crash claimed the life of a Tinton Falls Board of Education trustee, officials said.
The crash claimed the life of a Tinton Falls Board of Education trustee, officials said. (File photo)IRVINGTON -- Authorities are investigating whether or not alcohol played a role in the one-car crash on the Garden State Parkway that caused the death of a Tinton Falls Board of Education member, officials said Friday afternoon.
State Police said Friday that Crystal Simmons, 43, of Orange, is being investigated for a possible DWI in connection with the Nov. 7 crash in Irvington, reversing earlier reports that she had already been charged. Simmons was behind the wheel of the 1:18 a.m. crash that seriously injured her and passenger Heather Brown, 35, of Shrewsbury, authorities said.
After the crash, Brown was transported to University Hospital in Newark, where she was pronounced dead on Nov. 12, police said.
Simmons has been charged with assault by auto, and additional charges are pending an ongoing investigation, state police said Friday.
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