LEBANON, NJ : New Jersey police say a trooper responding to a call of a crash on a highway on April, Saturday 22nd 2017

New Jersey police say a trooper responding to a call of a crash on a highway crashed his cruiser into an SUV, killing the SUV driver.

The crash happened Saturday on Route 22 in Lebanon and remains under investigation.

A marked state police vehicle driven by 26-year-old trooper Emmanuel Gonzalo was westbound when it was involved in a collision with an SUV driven by 72-year-old Larry Helwig, of Bridgewater. Gonzalo was responding to a reported crash on Interstate 78 in Union Township, but authorities haven’t said if his emergency lights or sirens had been activated.

Helwig died at the scene.

Gonzalo and a passenger in Helwig’s vehicle, 67-year-old Jane Roxbury, of Lebanon, were both treated at hospitals for undisclosed injuries that are not considered life-threatening.

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Trooper responding to call crashes into SUV, killing driver