Two New Jersey men were killed on Sunday after their Porsche lost control, struck an embankment and went airborne, lodging itself into the second story of a commercial building.
Braden DeMartin, 22, was driving the red 2010 Porsche Boxster convertible just after 6 a.m. when the accident occurred, the Toms River Police Department said in apress release.
The vehicle was traveling “at a high rate of speed” when it lost control and hit a center median, according to authorities. It then continued north and struck an embankment, which sent it airborne and plunging into a building at 1466 Hooper Ave., police said.
Both DeMartin and his passenger, 23-year-old Daniel Foley, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The building — which houses Exit Realty Elite, as well as three other businesses — was unoccupied at the time of the crash,NJ.comreported.
Photos from the scene show the Porsche lodged in the building’s second story, having left a gaping hole with crumbling brick surrounding it.
A friend told NJ.com that DeMartin and Foley attended the same high school and were frequently seen skateboarding together.
“[Foley] was the nicest kid I’ve ever met,” Nicholas McConnell told the outlet. “Always laughing, smiling, joking, no matter what.”
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Foley worked as an electrician, while DeMartin was a recent graduate of Rowan University, where he earned a degree in bioformatics.
“Braden was the funniest, nicest, greatest person I’ve ever met. He’d do anything for anyone. I could never stay mad at him for longer than an hour,” girlfriend Kristen Aguiar told NJ.com.
source: people.com