PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A beloved high school track coach and his wife were killed when their SUV drove into the side of a house in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, on Saturday night.
It happened around 6:30 p.m. on Banff Drive, near High Street and Route 45.
Harrison Township police said the vehicle struck the first-floor living room of the home. The crash caused the house to catch fire, but the flames were quickly extinguished.
Investigators believe the crash was an accident.
No one inside the house was injured. The driver and passenger of the car — 72-year-old Thomas Hengel and his wife, 61-year-old Lisa Hengel, both of Mullica Hill — were killed.
Thomas Hengel was a retired track coach at Clearview High School. He was inducted into the Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.