Four teens were killed in a horrific wrong-way crash on the New Jersey Turnpike over the weekend, according to cops and reports.
The tragedy unfolded around 12:40 a.m. Sunday when the teens’ southbound black Mazda CX-5 was struck head-on by a 2021 Dodge Ram pickup truck heading along the same stretch in the wrong direction in Salem County, state police said on Facebook.
The car then slammed into a Freightliner tractor-trailer, killing the driver of the Mazda, 19-year-old Yaakov Kilberg, and his three passengers: Aharon Lebovits, Shlomo Cohen and Chaim Grossman, all 18, the Asbury Park Press reported.
Grossman was from upstate Fallsburg, NY, while the other killed teens were from Lakewood, NJ, where Grossman’s grandparents live, reports said.
The teens were all yeshiva students, according to Yeshiva World.
The 41-year-old driver of the pickup truck, identified as Christopher Neff of Westminster, Colo., suffered serious injuries but survived, according to the outlet. The driver of the Freightliner was uninjured, authorities said.
State police said no arrests have been made and that the fatal wreck remains under investigation.
They’re asking anyone who saw the crash to contact them.
“Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or observed the Dodge Ram pickup traveling in the wrong direction is asked to contact ‘Troop “D’ Moorestown Station detective bureau at 609-860-9000 ext. 3226,” the department said on Facebook. “Anonymous tips are welcome.”
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