MULLICA TOWNSHIP — As family and friends wiped away tears Tuesday night outside the Mullica Township School, they prayed that Judy and Joe Calderone would recover from injuries they sustained in a car crash.

“It’s important for us to be here,” Justin LaBor, of Mullica Township, said before the vigil began. “They’ve always been behind us.”

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Damion Moore, 34, of Philadelphia, was driving west on the White Horse Pike when he attempted to make a left turn onto Egg Harbor Road, police said. At 1:11 p.m. he instead collided head-on with Joackim Mechikas, 83, of Warminster, Pa., who was driving east on the White Horse Pike.

Mechikas and Moore were extracted from their vehicles and flown to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus, and were in critical condition, police said.

Moore’s passenger, Elizabeth A. Stults, of Riverside, was transported to AtlantiCare’s Mainland Campus, where she was pronounced dead.

The Hammonton Police, Hammonton Volunteer Fire Department, and AtlantiCare EMS responded to the scene.

Hammonton Patrolman Jason Rigby is investigating further.

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