UPDATE: VICTIM, DRIVER IDENTIFIED IN SEA ISLE ACCIDENT

The identities of both the victim and the driver involved in a fatal accident over the weekend in Sea Isle City have been identified.  The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office reports that 69 year-old Bernice Pasquarello of Medford, N.J.,  was struck and killed by a public works vehicle driven by 33  year-old Andrew Mattern of Upper Township.  The report says that Mattern accidentally ran over Pasquarello on the city’s promenade at about 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon as crews were removing debris from Hurricane Sandy.  The truck was in reverse and travelling at a low rate of speed when impact occured. Pasquarello was pronounced dead at the scene.