Since 2016 will eventually take us all, 2013 Miss New Jersey and former Miss America contestant, Cara McCollum, died a week after driving too fast on some wet roads then slamming into some trees. She was 24.
McCollum, a former Miss New Jersey, was critically injured after her car spun off a New Jersey highway and crashed into trees. She died at Cooper University Hospital, Frank DiMauro, the chief operating officer of the TV station where she worked, told the Associated Press. McCollum was traveling alone and not wearing a seatbelt when her Mustang veered off the road in Salem County and struck a tree, spun and hit two more trees. State police said it appeared McCollum was driving too fast for the wet road conditions.
Cara McCollum was a former Miss New Jersey, so they could have realistically left the whole “her Mustang” part out and we would could have just assumed she had a Mustang. Anyway, don’t drive fast when the roads are wet and there are trees nearby.
Let’s pretend I didn’t just go through a dead woman’s Instagram or found this story on Google Trends.
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OCEAN CITY, NJ - JUNE 15: Cara McCollum of Princeton, New Jersey participates in the 2013 Miss New Jersey Pageant on June 15, 2013 in Ocean City, New Jersey. (Photo by Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)
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OCEAN CITY, NJ - JUNE 15: Cara McCollum of Princeton, New Jersey participates in the 2013 Miss New Jersey Pageant on June 15, 2013 in Ocean City, New Jersey. (Photo by Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)
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OCEAN CITY, NJ - JUNE 15: Cara McCollum of Princeton, New Jersey is crowned Miss New Jersey 2013 on June 15, 2013 in Ocean City, New Jersey. (Photo by Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)
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OCEAN CITY, NJ - JUNE 15: Cara McCollum of Princeton, New Jersey is announced as the winner of the 2013 Miss New Jersey Pageant on June 15, 2013 in Ocean City, New Jersey. (Photo by Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)
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OCEAN CITY, NJ - JUNE 15: Cara McCollum of Princeton, New Jersey is announced as the winner of the 2013 Miss New Jersey Pageant on June 15, 2013 in Ocean City, New Jersey. (Photo by Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)
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OCEAN CITY, NJ - JUNE 15: Cara McCollum of Princeton, New Jersey is crowned Miss New Jersey 2013 on June 15, 2013 in Ocean City, New Jersey. (Photo by Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - SEPTEMBER 14: Cara McCollum, Miss New Jersey attends The 2014 Miss America Competition Parade at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 14, 2013 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)
