Crime & Safety
2 Dead, 4 Hospitalized After Turnpike Crash In South Jersey
4 people were ejected from the vehicle as it ran down an embankment and hit a tree, officials said.
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, NJ — Two people were killed and four others were hospitalized after an SUV ran off the New Jersey Turnpike and hit a tree Sunday in Gloucester County, officials said.
It happened at 1:06 a.m. on the Jersey Turnpike North in Harrison Township.
A 19-year-old man from Maryland was driving north with five passengers when he lost control of his Acura MDX, according to the preliminary investigation from State Police.
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The Acura veered off the highway to the right, traveled down an embankment and hit a tree, said Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron, a State Police spokesperson. Four people were ejected from the vehicle during the sequence.
It's unclear what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
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Two passengers were killed, Lebron said. Their identities were withheld as of Monday morning as authorities worked to notify their next-of-kin.
The driver and two others sustained "serious" injuries, and another passenger was moderately injured, Lebron said. All were brought to a local hospital.
The crash remains under investigation, and State Police had no other information available as of this writing.
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