1 killed, another critically injured in N.J. crash, officials say Updated May 10, 2021; One person was killed and another was left in critical condition after a two-vehicle wreck in Essex County, officials said Monday. The crash, which occurred around 6 a.m. Sunday at Freeway Drive and South Harrison Street in East Orange, involved a passenger vehicle and a tanker truck, according to Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly, of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. The driver of the passenger vehicle was hospitalized in critical condition, Fennelly said. A passenger in that vehicle died at the scene. Authorities withheld the name of the passenger while family could be informed.