FATAL MVA – Franklin Twp/Gloucester County
Updated 5/13/2022 11:57 a.m.
On Thursday, May 12th at 06:02 a.m. Franklin Township Police Department responded to a single car motor vehicle crash on Dutch Mill Road.
Upon arriving on scene officers located a male subject entrapped within the vehicle which had struck a utility pole and damaged a mailbox, garbage cans and yard in the 2200 block of Dutch Mill Road. After extracting the male from the vehicle lifesaving measures were performed; however, the subject succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
At this time the exact cause of the crash is still under investigation. Franklin Police have released the name of the deceased that was being withheld pending notification to the family. The deceased has been identified as Rigoberto Martinez Lorenzo age 32 of Hammonton, NJ.
The investigation is being conducted by Ofc. Austin Theuret. Assisting at the scene was Forest Grove Fire, Inspira Advanced Life Support and Gloucester County Basic Life Support.