A Bordentown Middle School Student, 13, Has Died After Being Struck on Route 130 — and Counselors Will Be at Her School All Week
The girl was struck Friday near the 500 block of Route 130, airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, and died of her injuries Sunday morning, Bordentown officials confirmed. Her name has not been released, and the crash remains under investigation.
A 13-year-old girl has died after a vehicle struck her on Friday in Bordentown, the Courier-Post reports, in a story read in full by this desk. The crash occurred near the 500 block of US Route 130, near the QuickChek in Bordentown. The girl received care at the scene before being airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, and Bordentown officials confirmed that she died from her injuries on Sunday morning, November 1. Her name has not been released. Officials said she attended Bordentown Regional Middle School. "Our entire community is heartbroken, including the first responders who cared for her," Bordentown officials said in a statement. "We are holding her family, friends, and classmates close in our thoughts as they grieve."
The response this week is a joint one. Bordentown Township, the Bordentown Township Police Department, the Bordentown Regional School District and the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office are working together to provide support services for anyone affected, and the Burlington County Crisis Response Team will be available to students at Bordentown Regional Middle School throughout this week. For a middle school, that is the practical shape of the week ahead: classes resume in a building where a classmate is gone, and the county's crisis team is on site for the students and staff who need it.
On the crash itself, officials have released very little, and this story invents none of it. Two damaged e-scooters were seen on the road near a crosswalk afterward, the Courier-Post reports — officials have not said the girl was riding one, and have not publicly released details about what led to the crash or who else was involved. The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Burlington County Central Communications at 609-265-7113 or tips@co.burlington.nj.us. This desk will update the file when officials release the girl's name or the investigation's findings — and until then, the confirmed record is a 13-year-old student dead, a school in mourning, and a stretch of Route 130 whose Friday night officials are still working to explain.
