CYCLISTS STRUCK BY CAR IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (update)

CYCLISTS STRUCK BY CAR IN FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP

A Pittsgrove, Salem County couple riding bicycles on the southbound shoulder of Delsea Drive in Franklin Township on Wednesday afternoon (2/15) were struck by a car, critically injuring the 57-year-old woman and also injuring her 62-year-old husband.
The driver of the 2013 Hyundai Elantra, Emilio Ortega 3rd age 41, of Monroeville, has been charged with two counts of assault by auto and possession of a controlled dangerous substance and has been jailed. He stopped at the scene of the crash. The Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and the Franklin Township Police Department are investigating. Critically injured in the crash shortly after 2 p.m. was Susan L. Kinnan. She was airlifted to Cooper Medical Center, Camden. Her husband, John D Kinnan Jr. was transported by ambulance to Cooper and is in stable condition.

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