South Brunswick police said the Tesla turned off Georges Road after 5 p.m., likely sensed an SUV coming towards it and turned into a driveway to avoid a head-on collision.
Every late winter the salamanders cross from one side of Beekman Road in East Brunswick, which turns into White Pine Road in South Brunswick to get to their breeding pond. After laying their eggs they will cross the road to return home.
The victim's mother told News 12 New Jersey that police need to talk to the truck to complete the investigation. She is hoping there is video of the crash that captures the truck's license plate.
People inside a Taco Bell ran to the highway after they noticed the crash on Route 1 around 2:25 a.m. and tried to free the 24-year-old Trenton woman trapped inside a car.
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolonda Ciccone said 15-year-old was the front seat passenger in a 1998 Buick that hit a utility pole along the southbound lanes of Route 130 around 7:25 a.m.