UNION COUNTY, NJ. (THECOUNT) — Christopher Meikle, of East Orange, New Jersey, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Monday vehicle crash in Union County.

Meikle, 46, was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Clark early Monday.

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According to reports, Meikle was operating a vehicle on the Garden State Parkway near Mile Marker 136 in Clark, when the vehicle came into contact with an SUV around 2:40 a.m. Monday.

Meikle was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

The 43-year-old SUV driver from Irvington was transported to an area hospital in unknown serious condition.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Union County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2019 Census estimate, the county’s population was 556,341, making it the seventh-most populous of the state’s 21 counties – Wikipedia.