Fatal Crash Claims Life of Lumberton Woman
The 56-year-old woman was killed after she veered off Route 38 and crashed into two utility poles, according to Moorestown Police.
A Lumberton woman was killed after she veered off Route 38 and crashed into two utility poles Wednesday afternoon. Moorestown Police said Helen J. Patterson, 56, was driving east on 38 just past South Church Street around 2 p.m. when she left the road and sheared off a utility pole head-on. Her 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander traveled another 180 feet, rolled onto the driver’s side, and slammed roof-first into another utility pole, snapping it in half. Patterson was pronounced dead at the scene. There was no one else in the vehicle and no other vehicles were involved, police said. The cause of the crash is unknown. PSE&G responded to the scene to stabilize the utility pole so emergency personnel could enter the vehicle. Utility workers had to …
Laurie Harriton
2:22 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
Helen Patterson was the secretary and budget manager for a high school in Brooklyn. She was a wonderful person in every way, and also an excellent driver. All I can imagine is that she might have had a seizure. Please keep all remarks about this terrible tragedy faithfulvtovthe goodness of this woman, and the terrible loss this represents to the family she loved so much. more ›