WASHINGTON TWP. — A weekend collision here involving two vehicles claimed two lives, including a longtime fixture at Rowan University, police said Monday night.

Nicholas Yovnello, 64, of Hickory Court, Monroeville, and Sara Franks, 84, of Harrogate Court in the township died from injuries suffered in the 1 p.m. Saturday crash at the intersection of Hurffville-Cross Keys and Chapel Heights roads, police said.

Yovnello, president of the New Jersey Council for State College Locals for 15 years, was pronounced dead at the scene. Franks died in Cooper University Hospital in Camden. Police withheld their identifications until Monday evening “while appropriate notifications were being made to family members.”

The victims were passengers in a 2012 GMC Terrain operated by Leonard Yovnello, 61, of Monroeville. The GMC collided with a 2004 Jeep Cherokee operated by Michael Sawyer, 31, of Washington Avenue in the township. Police said the two drivers were injured but did not disclose where they were treated.

A police statement did not elaborate on the circumstances of the accident. Witnesses are asked to contact Officer Nicholas Schmidt at 856-589-6694.

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