{"id":2069,"date":"2018-07-03T13:12:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T17:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2018-07-03T13:12:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T17:12:41","slug":"two-dead-in-toms-river-crash-near-hospital-two-others-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/07\/two-dead-in-toms-river-crash-near-hospital-two-others-in-critical-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Dead in Toms River Crash Near Hospital, Two Others in Critical Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_171\" style=\"width: 766px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"size-full wp-image-171\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM.png\" alt=\"Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)\" width=\"756\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM.png 756w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM-599x420.png 599w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM-640x449.png 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM-681x477.png 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Toms River police said two people \u2013 the driver of the vehicle and one of her passengers \u2013 that were involved in a crash on Route 37 outside Community Medical Center on Monday died as a result of their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Doris Turlish, 85, of New Gretna, the driver of the vehicle that police say caused the accident, was pronounced dead at the scene along with\u00a0Marjorie Santamaria, 86, of Toms River, a passenger.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred when Turlish was\u00a0attempting to exit the Community Medical Center complex in her 2010 Mercury Milan utilizing the easternmost exit, police spokesman Ralph Stocco said.\u00a0While exiting, Turlish accelerated to a high rate of speed, struck the curb divider between the entrance and exit lane, and entered Route 37 without yielding at a 90-degree angle heading straight for the center Jersey barrier.<\/p>\n<p>Once in the right travel lane on Route 37 east, she was struck on the driver\u2019s side of the vehicle by the Ford F-250 pickup operated by William Minter, 42, of Lanoka Harbor, Stocco said.<\/p>\n<p>Turlish was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred just after 12 noon.\u00a0Santamaria died at Community Medical Center at 1:16 p.m. Two other passengers \u2013\u00a0Maryann Turlish, 87, of New Gretna and Maria Santamaria, 52, of Toms River were both transported to the hospital and are listed in critical condition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/07\/two-dead-in-toms-river-crash-near-hospital-two-others-in-critical-condition\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toms River police said two people \u2013 the driver of the vehicle and one of her passengers \u2013 that were involved in a crash on Route 37 outside Community Medical Center on Monday died as a result of their injuries. 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