Dad dies in Franklin Township, NJ head-on crash

🚨Alex Folnagy hit a car head-on Tuesday morning in Franklin Township

🚨He was on his way home from work at the time

🚨It's the 5th fatal crash in Franklin Township in 2024

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (Somerset) — A father and digital creator was killed in a head-on collision Tuesday morning as he drove home from work.

Franklin Township police said Alex Folnagy, 31, hit a Jeep Wrangler on Amwell Road near South Middlebush Road around 7:25 a.m. Folnagy was pronounced dead at the scene while the driver and passenger of the other vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The circumstances of the crash remain under investigation, according to police.

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Amwell Rd & Middlebush Rd in Franklin Township (Somerset)

Support for daughter, girlfriend

A GoFundMe campaign was created to support Folnagy's girlfriend and the couple's 3-year-old daughter. It said he was returning from work at the time of the crash.

Police asked anyone with information about the crash to call 732-873-5533.

It was the 14th fatal crash in Somerset County and the fifth in Franklin Township.

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Filed Under: Franklin Township (Somerset), Somerset County

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