Toms River Woman in Wednesday Accident Dies

A Toms River woman involved in an accident Wednesday morning has died.

Irene Williams, 87, of Scholar Place, died Thursday of injuries sustained in the accident that occurred at about 10 a.m. Wednesday morning at New Hampshire Avenue and White Oak Bottom Road which sent three people to local hospitals, Police Chief Michael Mastronardy said.

Williams had been airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune prior to the accident.

According to eyewitnesses interviewed by police, Williams was driving her 2010 Hyundai Sonata east on White Oak Bottom Road and stopped at the stop sign, then proceeded onto New Hampshire Avenue where her vehicle collided with a southbound 2010 Nissan being driven by 44-year-old Mcno Laguerre, of Eatontown, according to Mastronardy.

New Hampshire Avenue was closed for two hours between White Oak Bottom Road and Silverton Road. The accident remains under investigation.