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NJ Teen Soccer Player Dies Days After Chain-Reaction Crash

Police say a teenage soccer player who was hurt in a weekend car crash in southern New Jersey that injured four teammates has died.
 
The Press of Atlantic City reports 14-year-old Aisling Cooke -- who was placed on life support after the Saturday morning Crash -- died Wednesday.
 
Cooke, of Linwood, and the other Mainland Regional High School students were going to compete in a charity tournament when the crash occurred Saturday morning on Route 40 in Hamilton Township.

The other girls were treated and released from a hospital. 
 
Authorities have said an eastbound pickup truck driven by 39-year-old Nicholas Gareffi of Vineland apparently crossed the center lane.

The truck struck a westbound box truck, which then collided with a car driven by 18-year-old Madelyn Williscroft of Linwood.
 
Police say Williscroft's actions as a driver saved the lives of the other passengers.

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