BARNEGAT: Avoid Parkway South at mile marker 68.5. The shoulder and 2 lanes will be shut down due to an accident investigation at this time. Expect delays in the area. I’m being told that it involves a toddler, an infant, mom, and dad . At least one person has died. The crash is a single car crash with the car mangled in the woods.

UPDATE: Troopers responded at 5:00 p.m. to a mv crash on the Garden State Parkway south milepost 68.2, Barnegat Twp., Ocean County. Based on a preliminary investigation George M Francis, a 34-year-old male of Lanoka Harbor, NJ was operating a Xfiniti EX35 south on the GSP with front passenger Bridget Francis, a 34-year-old female of Lanoka Harbor, NJ and two rear seat passenger juveniles. In the are of milepost 68.2 the vehicle ran off the road to the right, traveled down an embankment and impacted a retaining wall and multiple trees. During the collision sequence the driver was ejected and sustained fatal injuries, the front passenger sustained serious injuries and the juveniles sustained no injuries. The crash remains under investigation and there is no additional information available.