Passenger dies after BMW hits tree on Route 18

COLTS NECK -- A passenger died after the car he was riding in veered off Route 18 and crashed into a tree in Colts Neck early Saturday, authorities said.

Mina Salib, 46, of East Brunswick, was in a 2006 BMW X5 when the car went off the southbound road and hit a tree on the passenger side shortly before 5 a.m., near the Normandy Road Bridge, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

Salib was pronounced dead at the crash scene, the prosecutor's office said.

The BMW driver suffered non-life threatening injuries and was being treated at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

Police closed the road from 6:30 to 10 a.m. as authorities worked at the scene. Investigators with the prosecutor's office and Colts Neck police continued to probe the wreck.

Anyone with information can call Morgan Savage of the Colts Neck police at 732-780-7323.

Noah Cohen may be reached at ncohen@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @noahyc and on Facebook.

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