Four people were killed in a deadly multivehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Sunday morning.
The deadly crash happened around 12:40 a.m. on the southbound side of the New Jersey Turnpike near milepost 1.3 in Carneys Point Township, Salem County.
New Jersey State Police say Christopher Neff, 41, of Westminster, Colorado was driving in a Dodge pickup truck northbound in the southbound lanes of the turnpike when the collision happened.
Yaakov Kilberg, 19, of Lakewood, New Jersey, was driving in a Mazda SUV with three passengers southbound in the left inner lane, officials said.
Authorities say a head-on-collision occurred between the Dodge pickup truck and Mazda SUV near the milepost. Following the collision, Kilberg’s car was struck by a Freightliner tractor-trailer traveling in the right lane behind the vehicle.
Kilberg and his passengers were killed as a result of the crash. The victims include 18-year-old Aharon Lebovits and 18-year-old Shlomo Cohen, both from Lakewood, New Jersey, as well as 18-year-old Chaim Grossman of Fallsburg, New York.
Police say Neff suffered serious injuries from the crash, while the driver of the Freightliner tractor-trailer suffered no injuries.
The crash remains under investigation as police try to determine what led up to the fatal collision.
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