83-year-old woman dies following wrong-way, head-on crash on Route 202 in Hunterdon County
READINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Hunterdon County) — An 83-year-old Somerset woman has died from injuries she suffered in a wrong-way, head-on crash on Route 202 in Readington Township Friday night that also left a 26-year-old Flemington man injured, according to police.
The crash occurred Oct. 30 at approximately 9:46 p.m. on Route 202 near Pleasant Run Road.
Police identified the woman as Clara Jeter, 83, of Somerset. According to investigators, Jeter was driving a 2018 Chevrolet Cruze northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 202 when she struck a 2022 Ford Maverick operated by Lester Bryant, 26, of Flemington, head-on.
Responding officers found Jeter unconscious at the scene. She was flown by a New Jersey State Police NorthSTAR helicopter to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where she later died from her injuries, police said.
Bryant was also injured in the crash and received medical treatment at a local hospital. Police did not provide additional details about the extent of his injuries.
The Readington Township Police Department, Whitehouse Rescue Squad, Three Bridges Fire Department, Hunterdon Medical Center paramedics and New Jersey State Police Aviation Bureau responded to the crash.
The crash remains under investigation by the Readington Township Police Department. Anyone with information is asked to contact the department’s Traffic Safety Bureau at 908-534-4031.
