A 30-year-old Rahway resident was killed in a single-car crash on the Garden State Parkway in Clifton Sunday morning, authorities said.

Jessica Munoz was driving a Nissan Juke when the car struck the right guard rail, went across the road and struck the center concrete barrier, said State Police trooper Alejandro Goez. The crash happened at around 10:45 a.m. on the northbound section of the Garden State Parkway.

Munoz died at the scene, Goez said. Several accidents were reported but it's not known if the fatal was the cause of the other crashes.

"When I woke up this morning, I heard a lot of noise," said Nazim Urgan who has his backyard to the Parkway. "When I opened my window, there was a big accident."

Urgan, a Clifton resident for 16 years, said crashes have happened there before.

"This happened three or four times before," Urgan said.

The left and center lanes were closed for three hours because of the crash, Goez said. The crash was only one of the 163 accidents state police responded to which became fatal between Saturday at noon and Sunday at 5 p.m.

Staff photographer Kevin R. Wexler contributed to this article.

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