Two people were killed Sunday morning after a red Porsche crashed into the second floor of a commercial building in Toms River, police said.
The vehicle, which was traveling at a high rate of speed, was traveling northbound on Hooper Avenue when it lost control, hit the center median and plunged into the second story of the building, said Jillian Messina, a spokeswoman for the Toms River Police Department.
The vehicle lodged into the second story of a building that houses four businesses, including a counseling service and a real estate company, on the southbound side of Hooper Avenue.
Police did not release the names of the vehicle’s occupants.
Hooper Avenue and Indian Hill roads were closed after the 6:30 a.m. incident, according to the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department.
#BREAKING Car into 2nd floor of an office building in Toms River, NJ — Working to gather details on injuries. @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/xicKwdH33c
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The penalties for reckless driving need to be better enforced. The story does not say whether the driver was among the dead, but if he/she was not, he/she should be among the unlicensed to drive for at least 5 years. Better enforcement means catching more perpetrators, not necessarily stiffer punishment for the caught.