State officials on Tuesday identified the woman whodied in a crash involving a marked police car over Memorial Day weekend.
Franklin Borough police Sgt. William Grissom was on duty while driving the police car that struck a vehicle carrying two people, one of whom was Deanna D’Arco, 19, of Vernon, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office said. D’Arco died in the crash.
Borough police directed questions about Grissom’s status with the department to the state Division of Criminal Justice. Grissom enrolled in the state’s police retirement pension in 2006 and currently earns a $111,000 yearly salary, according to the pension records.
D’Arco was a passenger in the vehicle when it was struck by Grissom’s car at around 10:41 p.m. on May 27 at the intersection of Route 23 and Walsh Street, the attorney general’s office said.
She was taken to Morristown Medical Center and died on May 29, officials said. The vehicle’s driver was treated for injuries and released.
D’Arco was a teacher’s assistant at the Little Learner Academy in Jefferson Township, according to her obituary. An email to the daycare for comment was not immediately returned.
Grissom, officials said previously, sustained non-life-threatening injuries. State officials released no other information on Tuesday about the crash.
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