A 29-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman remain in critical condition from the Friday crash on Route 1.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK -- A 13-year-old girl has died from injuries she suffered in the New Year's Day crash on Route 1 that sent eight people to local hospitals, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital said late Saturday.
In addition to the teen's death, a 29-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman remain in critical condition at the hospital, Robert Wood spokesman Peter Haigney said.
The hospital did not say which vehicles the patients were in.
South Brunswick police have said that 8 people were hospitalized as a result of the 5:16 a.m. Friday crash that closed Route 1 north for six hours.
The two-vehicle crash occurred near Deans Lane, South Brunswick Police Capt. Jim Ryan said Friday, and involved a Nissan Sentra and a minivan.
The minivan was headed north on Route 1, police said, and the crash occurred as the Sentra was crossing the north lanes onto Deans Lane.
The Sentra driver, who had four passengers, may have been distracted by a cellphone, and ran the red light at the jughandle, police said.
Police had no indications that alcohol was involved.
The oldest occupant of the Sentra, the driver, was 27 years old, and the two front passengers of the minivan were 59-year-old residents of North Brunswick, police said. There was also another passenger in the minivan, authorities said.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital received seven of the injured, and one person was taken to St. Peter's Hospital, authorities said.
Three people were described as being in critical condition by officials on Friday.
South Brunswick police did not immediately responded to an inquiry Saturday night about the child's death.
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