Memorial for Those Who 'Died Too Young' to Open in Mt. Olive Park

Mt. Olive has seen its unfair share of tragedies in recent years.

And just like the community rallied around its own after each one, it will gather the strength one more time.

A memorial to honor those township residents who "died too young" will be dedicated at Turkey Brook Park, according to nj.com.

The memorial specifically commemorates residents who died before age 30, the report said.

Included will be Nicholas Novaky and Neil Solanky, 18 and 19, respectively, who died in a car crash on Wolfe Road in June 2012.

The lives of Clyde Schimanski III and Nick Cianciotto, both 15, will also be memorialized at the park. The teens died after falling through the ice on Budd Lake in January of this year.

Just a month after the lake tragedy, a seven-year-old died in a house fire in the township, along with his 52-year-old father.

The removal of a roadside memorial for Novaky and Solanky spurred the Turkey Brook Park project, the report said.