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A 38-year-old man was killed on Route 47 in Cape May County when he lost control of his pickup truck and struck an unoccupied dump truck on Friday, officials said.
Mark Eckel was driving south near milepost 19.2 in Dennis Township at about 10:45 a.m. when he veered across the solid double yellow line while navigating a curve, State Police said.
Eckel, of the Cape May Court House section of Middle Township, died of his injuries an an area hospital.
The unoccupied dump truck parked on the northbound shoulder was being used earlier by maintenance workers trimming trees and cutting brush, authorities said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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