N.J. couple en route to their wedding killed in fiery chain-reaction crash in Pa.
A New Jersey couple on their way to get married in Pittsburgh were killed in a fiery chain-reaction crash last week on Interstate 78 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Kathryn M. Schurtz, 35, and Joseph D. Kearney, both of Jersey City, died in the collision Wednesday afternoon in Windsor Township.
Their car was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer and pushed into another tractor-trailer, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Three other tractor-trailers were also involved.
Kearney is originally from Pittsburgh, according to his Facebook profile.
Schurtz is a 2001 graduate of Union Catholic High School who grew up in Fanwood. She earned her bachelor’s degree at George Washington University according to an obituary published Sunday.
Schurtz went onto receive a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame. She worked as the head of platform partnerships for Oracle Data Cloud in New York.
Schurtz is survived by her parents Joseph and Karen as well as a sister, brother-in-law and nephew. Visitation will be held Monday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kathryn M. Schurtz Scholarship Fund at Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains.
Article via NJ.com