The two victims killed in yesterday's rear-end crash on the New Jersey Turnpike have been identified as a Hudson County Prep teacher and his young daughter.
After the news of the fatalities, friends and family took to social media sending condolence to the family of Tim O'Donnell, a Jersey City high school teacher and his daughter Bridget O'Donnell were identified as the victims killed in the three car crash west of the 14C toll plaza on the Hudson County Extension.
Preliminary investigations revealed that O'Donnell, the driver of a 2001 Chevrolet Malibu, was slowing down in lane 10 at the tolls when he was rear-ended by a 1998 Mercedes-Benz driven by Scott Hahn, 36, of Hamilton. O'Donnell's vehicle through the tolls and into the eastbound lane of the roadway.
At that point, Eliasar Morales, 51, of Bayonne, struck O'Donnell's car with a Mercedes Benz van, State Police said.
O'Donnell was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:41 p.m. Bridget O'Donnell was transported to Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health, where she died at 3:43 p.m.
Hahn was transported to Jersey City Medical Center with moderate injuries.
Morales, the driver of a CarePoint Health van, was transported to CarePoint Health-Bayonne Medical Center with minor injuries.
No charges have been filed at this time, State Police said.
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