A 22-year-old woman was killed and her passenger seriously injured Wednesday evening after their car struck a tree and caught fire on Interstate 295 in Gloucester County, State Police said.
Aigner Johnson, of Oaklyn, was driving a Ford sedan southbound on I-295 in East Greenwich Township when she lost control near milepost 17.4 around 5:20 p.m., according to a preliminary investigation.
Police said the car veered off the right side of the highway, struck a tree and became fully engulfed in flames.
Johnson suffered fatal injuries.
Her passenger, Nayazia Morgan, 22, of Camden, suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to an area hospital.