The sign honoring 16-year-old Jennifer Metzger will have to be relocated to Colonia High School.
For more than a decade, the memory of 16-year-old Jennifer Metzger and the cautionary tale of her death has lived on through a sign that read, “speed kills” and featured the teen’s smiling face, erected alongside the stretch of Route 9 in Woodbridge Township whereBut this week, Jennifer’s smiling face came down at the behest of local and state officials, wrote her mother, Lisa Metzger, inThe sign, which had honored her daughter and educated drivers about the dangers of speeding, was deemed an...
A spokesperson for New Jersey Department of Transportation said, “The sign was removed by the family in preparation of an upcoming construction project in Woodbridge Township. The mayor of Woodbridge Township is working to find an appropriate location for the sign.” In addition to the sign at the high school, the town will erect signage honoring Metzger and promoting safe driving at other schools within the Woodbridge Township School District, McCormac said.
The Metzger family has been on a mission ever since Jennifer’s death to educate drivers about the dangers of speeding. In 2010, they established the JEMMS Foundation Inc. to promote safe driving, provide college scholarships to high school students, and assist others in need.