Multiple motor vehicle incidents during the first week in August resulted in fatalities across the region, according to authorities.

On Aug. 3, Glassboro police responded to an accident on Mullica Hill Road in the Campus Crossing area after a report that a car had struck a utility pole.

Police said that an eastbound white 2008 Mazda operated by 27-year-old John Bessel, of Wilmington, Delaware, had crossed the center line, colliding with a westbound 2005 Toyota.

Bessel's vehicle then made contact with a utility pole, and he was pronounced dead on scene, according to a press release from the Glassboro Police Department.

The Toyota driver and the passenger from Bessel's vehicle were both taken to Cooper Hospital with injuries, police said.

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