FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Authorities in Gloucester County say a man is dead after he swerved to avoid hitting a deer and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer late Wednesday night.
Officers from the Franklinville Police Department were called to the area of Harding Highway and Rosemont Avenue around 11 p.m.
for reports of a two-car crash. According to investigators, 30-year-old Carl E. Cheeseman Jr. was driving a 2012 Nissan Murano on the highway when it's believed that he swerved into the opposite lane to avoid hitting a deer.
The maneuver caused him to collide head-on with a tractor-trailer driven by a 28-year-old man. Police say Cheeseman Jr., a Vineland resident, was pronounced dead at the scene.