By: Richard L. Smith
Middlesex County authorities are investigating a three-vehicle collision in South Brunswick Township that claimed the life of a 61-year-old woman on November 26, 2025.
According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka, at approximately 4:24 p.m., South Brunswick Police responded to New Road between Route 522 and Route 1 after receiving reports of a serious crash.
An initial investigation determined that a 2017 Subaru Legacy, driven by a 24-year-old woman from Manalapan, was traveling westbound on New Road when it crossed the double yellow line and struck a 2000 Dodge Caravan operated by 61-year-old Nancy Krauss of Kendall Park.
The impact caused a third vehicle, a 2012 Subaru Outback driven by a 42-year-old Kendall Park woman, to rear-end the Dodge Caravan.
The driver of the Subaru Legacy was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital with minor injuries.
The driver of the Subaru Outback was not injured.
Krauss was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in critical condition and later that night succumbed to her injuries.
She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The crash remains under active investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer James Kraivec of the South Brunswick Police Department at (732) 329-4000.