Update: As of about 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, Black Horse Pike had reopened to traffic.
Law enforcement officials in Atlantic County are investigating after a deadly crash along Black Horse Pike in Collings Lakes, NJ, left one person dead.
The incident also saw Black Horse Pike closed in both directions in the area near the crash -- between 8th Street and South Pinewood Drive -- for several hours.
According to police, the incident happened at about 12:25 a.m. on Thursday when two vehicles crashed along the 1400 block of Black Horse Pike.
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Officers arriving on the crash found one of the drivers involved in the incident dead at the scene.
According to the New Jersey State Police, the incident happened when a Ford SUV and a Toyota passenger vehicle were traveling westbound on US 322.
At some point, officials said, the Toyota collided with the rear of the Ford, causing the Ford to run off the roadway, overturn, and subsequently collide with three parked vehicles.
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In this crash, police said that the driver of the Ford -- identified as Yolanda Pacheco, 22, from Mount Holly, NJ -- was killed.
The driver of the Toyota and a passenger in the Ford were both taken to the hospital after suffering, what police said in an update, were "moderate" injuries.
Black Horse Pike was closed in both directions in the area of the crash as crews worked to clear the roadway and officials conducted an investigation into the incident.
By about 7:30 a.m., the roadway had reopened.
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