The Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, N.J.

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the the year Cara McCollum was crowned Miss New Jersey.

CAMDEN, N.J. - A former Miss America contestant who was critically injured in a car crash on a South Jersey highway last week has died.

Her family and the TV station where she worked say Cara McCollum died at Cooper University Hospital in Camden early Monday.

The 24-year-old was alone in her vehicle and was not wearing a seatbelt when her car spun off a roadway Feb. 15 on Route 55 in Pittsgrove, N.J.

Her family says in a Facebook post that she died with her family by her side in an operating room. Her organs were donated.

McCollum won the title of Miss New Jersey in 2013. The Arkansas native went to Princeton University and was an anchor on SNJ Today, a news show serving the southern New Jersey area.

In a Facebook post, SNJ Today officials conveyed their "profound personal sadness" over McCollum's death.

She was dating Keith Jones, a TV anchor for Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate, according to the Associated Press.

“Please accept our sincerest thanks for your heartfelt prayers,” Jones wrote on Facebook. “Words fall short of describing the pain, but I’m eternally grateful and blessed for the time I spent with Cara. Her enormous heart enriched my life and changed me forever.”

McCollum was alone in her vehicle and was not wearing a seatbelt when her Mustang veered off Route 55 northbound and struck a tree, then spun again and hit two more trees before ending up in an embankment, police said.

State police said McCollum appeared to have been driving too fast for conditions on the wet road. They do not believe alcohol or drugs were a factor. The driver’s side front air bag in her car deployed during the crash.

A Facebook page set up after the crash, "Prayers for Cara," was updated with a message to those who had shared thoughts and prayers for McCollum.