Rachel Oakes is a former Old Bridge High School student
OLD BRIDGE -- Police are searching for a 19-year-old Old Bridge woman who has been missing since Tuesday.
Rachel Oakes, 19, of Old BridgeFriends of Rachel Oakes, a former Old Bridge High School student, have taken to social media asking for any information on her whereabouts.
Her boyfriend Tyler Urbanski said he received a call from police at 3 a.m. Tuesday after her car was found near the Driscoll Bridge, which carries Garden State Parkway traffic over the Raritan River.
The State Police is handling the investigation with assistance from Old Bridge officers, police said Thursday.
Urbanski, in a Facebook post, said "If anyone has any information about where rachel may be, please contact myself or the police. I'm clinging to the hope that she is out there."
Old Bridge schools Superintendent David Cittadino also shared Urbanski's message on Twitter.
I pray for Rachel, her family, & friends. https://t.co/5inx33XyzR
-- David Cittadino (@OBSupCittadino) January 12, 2017
Cittadino told NJ Advance Media in a telephone interview on Thursday that his heart went out to the family and friends of Oakes, adding that the school district would do whatever it could to help in the matter.
"As a school district, we consider ourselves a family, and we want to offer support to the family and friends who need any kind of services or just someone to speak to," Cittadino said.
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