No one else was injured in the Christmas Eve accident.
CHERRY HILL -- Authorities say that the driver in a Christmas Eve car accident was having an "adverse reaction to drugs" when he lost control of his vehicle. Route 70 was reportedly shut down for more than an hour after the crash.
The Camden County Prosecutor's Office said on Friday that police responded to a single-car accident on Route 70, near Cuthbert Boulevard, at about 5:35 p.m. A car driven by an unidentified 44-year-old Marlton man had lost control and driven off the road, striking a utility pole. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
An investigator with the CCPO said that an autopsy determined the man had died of an accidental drug overdose. Police did not offer any further details, but said no one else was injured in the crash.
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