A North Bergen nurse was killed and two others were hospitalized in a head-on crash on a section of road in Jersey City where three others have died over the past six years.

The collision, between a 2015 Dodge Charger and a 2008 Ford Edge, occurred at 7:14 a.m. Sunday on Paterson Plank Road south of Congress Street, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said Monday afternoon.

Adriana Riano, 32, who was driving the Ford Edge, was pronounced dead at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said in a news release. A 30-year-old Belleville man who was a passenger on Riano’s car was treated for injuries that are not considered life-threatening, the prosecutor said.

Tributes pouring in on Facebook and other social media sites say Riano was an “amazing nurse” who “had this incredible ability to find the good in everyone she met. If you need help or just some encouragement she was always there,” according to a description on a GoFundMe page to help Riano’s family.

Jonathan Ortiz-Guananga, 26, of Union City, the driver of the Dodge Charger, remains in critical condition at RWJBarnabas Health’s Jersey City Medical Center.

The passenger in Riano’s car told police they were going south on Paterson Plank Road, while Ortiz-Guananga was going north and swerved into the southbound lane and struck Riano’s car.

The force of the collision drove the hoods and engine compartment of the vehicles into the front seat area. According to police radio transmissions, all three people involved in the crash had to be extricated from the vehicles.

Authorities are investigating if alcohol played a role in the crash, the fifth traffic fatality in Hudson County this year.

“In the wake of this latest tragedy on Paterson Plank Road, I will seek, in my capacity as a member of the NJTPA (North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority) and a former chairman of the authority, the swiftest possible action on funding for a traffic study of this particular corridor that may offer insights on how we can make it safer," said Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise.

North Bergen Mayor and state Sen. Nicholas Sacco called Riano “a former graduate, an amazing athlete and just a wonderful person.”

On the GoFundMe page, which had raised more than $18,000, one friend said, “You are and always will be an incredible human being. Thank you for your impact on this world.”

According to her LinkedIn page, Riano was a critical care nurse at Hackensack University Medical Center. In 2016, she survived a crash with a tractor trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike, the Hudson Reporter reported. Riano suffered an open ankle fracture, internal bleeding and a broken pinky, the newspaper reported.

There have been numerous crashes in that area of Paterson Plank Road, including at least three over the past six years that resulted in the loss of life.

“The city must give this area maximum attention and analysis immediately, especially as this is such a high fatality area,” said Kara Hrabosky, co-founder and president of Safe Streets Jersey City. "One fatality is too many, let alone four.

“The city’s Vision Zero Action Plan calls for the implementation of a “rapid response” squad of engineers and planners who are supposed to visit crash sites as soon as possible post-crash to determine both quick and longer-term safety improvements to put in place. Has this team been to the site and what are their plans to make it safer? We cannot wait around any longer to fix this known deadly intersection.”

Hudson County Freeholder Joel Torres, who represents that area of Jersey City, said the freeholders will look to see what can be done after reading that this is the fourth fatality in six years.

He noted that this two-tenths of a mile section of the county road had not been flagged as a dangerous area, but he now plans to meet with the county roads department and the freeholders’ Public Resources committee to make the road safer.

“Rumble strips have been placed in other areas, but I don’t know how if it will curb speeding or not,” Torres said. "We need to do something rectify the situation.

The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit is actively investigating this case with assistance from the Jersey City Police Department. Anyone with information is asked to contact the prosecutor’s office at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/. All information will be kept confidential.