Erin Vick, a 22-year-old Ridgefield native, was killed Friday morning in a head-on collision on the New Jersey Turnpike that also claimed the life of a second driver and caused serious injuries to a passenger in Vick's car.
One of the cars was traveling the wrong way when the crash occured near the Kearny interchange at about 12:35 a.m., according to a story on NJ.com. Vick and Moises Rivera, 32, of Clifton, NJ, were pronounced dead at the scene. A third victim, a male passenger from Tennessee, was taken to University Hospital in Newark, according to reports.
Vick's father, Michael Vick of Ridgefield, was reached at home this afternoon but not prepared to comment, he said.
Erin Vick was a student at Catholic University of America, according to her Facebook profile, and a 2009 graduate of Ridgefield High School.
Ridgefield Patch will continue to update this article as more information becomes available.
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