A 70-year-old woman died Monday after her car crashed into a utility pole on Route 539 in Manchester, police said.
Karen Olsen of Allentown, N.J., a passenger in the vehicle driven by her husband, died after she was transported to Community Medical Center in Toms River for severe head trauma, and then airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.
Olsen, who was pronounced dead at Jersey Shore, had been properly restrained and had to be extricated from the vehicle, police said.
The driver, 70-year-old Robert S. Olsen of Allentown, was extricated from the vehicle and airlifted to Jersey Shore for chest injuries. He was listed in stable condition Monday afternoon, police said.
The Olsen's dog was also traveling with them at the time of the collision and suffered severe injuries to its back and legs, police said.
The dog was transported by the Manchester Animal Control to the Ocean County Veterinarian where it was euthanized due to the extent of its injuries, police said.
At approximately 10:58 a.m., the Olsen's silver 2012 Jeep Liberty was traveling on Route 539 northbound when it left the roadway, striking a utility pole and overturning before striking a tree in the area of Roosevelt Boulevard, located in the Whiting Section of the township.
Assisting at the scene were the Whiting Volunteer Fire Department, paramedics from MONOC, Quality Medical Transport, the Ocean County Criminalistic Investigation Unit and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.
The crash remains under investigation by Patrolman Ian Bole and Patrolman Doug Higgins from the Manchester Township Traffic Safety Section.
Due to the necessary replacement of the utility pole, the northbound lane on Route 539 will remain closed, detouring traffic for approximately two hours Monday evening.
obviously the dog had injuries that were too severe to try and help it and it was more humane to put it down then to have the animal suffer.
Were you there at the scene of the accident? were you there, in the room w/ the vet's? did you see what they had to go through or in what shape the dog was in? did you actually look at the photos of the accident? one look at those pictures and reading that the dog had "severe back and leg injuries" pretty much means the writer of the article was not going to get graphic in the details but one could just imaging what the injuries were. if you've ever met a vet or one of his/her asst.'s you would know they do everything to help animals in distress, not bring them in and just say, well let's just put him down.
Such a sad thing. May your Aunt Karen and her dog rest in peace. Your family is strong and will help your uncle somehow get through this horrible tragedy. We are all here for you if you ever want to talk. Love you!
The short version: Animals aren't people.
Johnny Done it - Umm, No. "quality of if" DOES NOT ring a bell. What does that mean. Learn how to proof-read before trying to make a point.