4 Teens Killed In Fiery Wrong-Way Crash: NJ Weekend

A teenagers were killed in a wrong-way crash on Sunday in Salem County, and two people were hospitalized after a fire in the church basement on Saturday.

Here’s what made headlines during the weekend in New Jersey:

4 Teens Killed In Wrong-Way Crash

Four teens were killed overnight in a wrong-way crash involving two passenger vehicles and a semitrailer on the New Jersey Turnpike Sunday in Salem County, according to police.

They were identified as 19-year-old Yaakov Kilberg of Lakewood, who was driving a Mazda SUV in the left inner lane, and his passengers, Aharon Lebovits and Shlomo Cohen, both aged 18 and from Lakewood, and Chaim Grossman, an 18-year-old from Fallsburg, New York, according to police.

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1 Killed In 2-Car Crash

One Somerset County resident was killed in a two-car crash on Sunday morning in Franklin Township.

The driver and sole occupant of a 2019 white Honda Civic, a 51-year-old Somerset resident, was taken to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead, said Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, Chief of County Detectives Frank Roman, and Franklin Township Acting Public Safety Director Lloyd Fredericks.

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Newark Fire Forces 11 People From Their Homes

Eleven people from five families were forced from their homes after a fire tore through a multi-family building on Polk Street in Newark on Saturday, according to media reports.

The Red Cross is providing assistance to those affected by the blaze. Investigators have not yet determined what sparked the fire, News12 reported.

Church Basement Party Ends With 2 Hospitalized for Burns

Two people sustained second-degree burns at a Saturday gathering in a Jersey City church basement when cooking fuel ignited, media reports said.

The incident occurred at Foundation of Salvation on Communipaw Avenue, where partygoers were using sterno cans to warm food, NJ.com reported. When someone placed a sterno in the sink and turned on the water, oil splattered onto one person's face and another's arm, causing the burns.

Stranded Humpback Whale Dies As Shutdown, Storm Hinder Recovery

A young humpback whale that washed ashore in Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge has died, and efforts to recover the animal have been hampered by the federal government shutdown and erosion from a recent nor'easter, according to media reports.

The 29-foot whale was discovered on the bay side of the refuge underweight and bearing scars on both sides that appeared to have been caused by a boat propeller, according to the Asbury Park Press.

The whale was first spotted Oct. 17 around 3 p.m. during a state Department of Environmental Protection aerial survey. Recovery efforts since then have been difficult, the report said.

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