DEPTFORD — An elderly man died Wednesday after his car collided with a township-owned vehicle on Delsea Drive.

The crash occurred at 12:47 p.m. According to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office, the 82-year-old driver of a Nissan Maxima was making an illegal U-turn on Delsea Drive when he collided with a Deptford municipal dump truck that had been driving behind him.

He was taken to Inspira Medical Center in Woodbury, where he was pronounced dead at 1:35 p.m. Police scanner broadcasts indicated that he had gone into cardiac arrest on the scene.

The mangled gray sedan sat in the grass just off the road as police diverted traffic away from the scene as police diverted traffic away from both lanes of Delsea Drive. The Deptford dump truck that had been towing a wood chipper sat in front of the car, just a few yards away from a Route 55 on-ramp.

No one else was in the Nissan when the accident occurred. Officials did not release the driver's name because his family had not been notified Wednesday. The driver of the dump truck has not been identified.

Deptford Mayor Paul Medany said the township solicitor had advised him not to comment on the accident.

"It's certainly terrible what happened, but as far as the municipal vehicle being involved, it's under investigation," Medany said. "That's all I'm allowed to say."

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