A driver who started a chain reaction crash in Morris County earlier this year that left her and three others dead may have suffered a medical episode, investigators announced Wednesday.

The incident happened at 3:20 p.m. on April 10 on Route 10 in Randolph when a Mercedes Benz driven by 71-year-old township resident Diane Goetz, accelerated suddenly while traveling north on Millbrook Avenue, according to a statement from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.

Her vehicle drifted into the southbound lane, and proceeded through a red light at 96 mph onto Route 10, the office said. The Mercedes then struck a 2011 Honda CRV traveling eastbound, and impacted a 2019 Dodge Caravan traveling westbound. A 2020 Toyota Corolla was also damaged in the crash.

The Mercedes came to a rest on the gr

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