Burlington County Times

A Mount Laurel teenager was killed and a 65-year-old Medford man was injured Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on Hartford Road in Medford, police said.

According to investigators, Deanna Ormerod, 18, of Church Road was driving north on Hartford Road at 3:45 p.m. when her vehicle collided in the southbound lane with an oncoming vehicle driven by Edward Thorn of Bretshire Court.

Ormerod was killed in the accident and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Thorn had to be cut free from his vehicle wreckage. He was then airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in Camden for treatment of lower leg and chest injuries. His condition was not available.

Hartford Road was closed for several hours while police investigated the accident.

The accident was the fourth fatal to occur in Burlington County this year, according to New Jersey State Police records.