A 43-year-old Middlesex County woman died Friday afternoon when her van crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a dump truck in Jackson, township police said.

Evelin Villanueva-Detejeda, of Perth Amboy, died at the scene, police said in a statement.

The crash occurred at 2 p.m. on Toms River Road (Route 571) near Osprey Place in the Cassville section of Jackson Township , police said.

Officers arriving at the scene found a small white van and dump truck engulfed in flames. The driver of the van was trapped inside the vehicle and unresponsive. They attempted to pull the woman from the van, but the fire quickly intensified, forcing them to stop the rescue effort, police said.

Firefighters arrived and after the fire was out, the driver was pronounced, police said. The driver o

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