Recovery continues after storm that left 3 dead in Central Jersey
As of 2 p.m. July 7, there were still more than 100 customers without power in Plainfield and Dunellen. PSE&G estimatated that full power restoration may not be made until 7 p.m. July 8.
In Plainfield, Public Works employees are continuing to remove all trees from roads. The city's Signal Division is fixing traffic lights and replacing street signs damaged in the storm.
In North Plainfield, Mayor Lawrence La Ronde said the cleanup could take up to two weeks and the borough has hired outside contractors to assist in the operation.
More: Death toll rises to three in violent storm in Central Jersey
Three people died during the quick-moving but violent storm.
Authorities have released the name of the third fatality, 44-year-old Diana Ospina of Middlesex Borough.
Ospina was driving along Greenbrook Road in North Plainfield when she pulled over to sit out the storm. But a large tree and electrical wires came down on her vehicle.
A GoFundMe page has been established to help support her family. She is survived by her husband and two sons.
"The sudden loss has devastated her children, who must now navigate life without the comforting presence of their mother," according to the GoFundMe post.
In Plainfield, 79-year-old Rocco Sansone of North Plainfield and 25-year-old Brian Ernesto Valladares, a Plainfield resident and native of El Salvador, lost their lives when a tree fell on the vehicle they were traveling in on Myrtle Avenue.
A GoFundMe page has also been established to pay for Valladares to be returned to his family in El Salvador.
Another GoFundMe site has also been set up to help the Fairchild family in Dunellen. A large tree fell on their house, destroying the kitchen, dining room, bathroom and master bedroom.
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