2 dead, 2 injured in Garden State Parkway crash in Atlantic Co.

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Saturday, June 25, 2016
VIDEO: 1 dead, 1 hurt in Garden State Parkway crash
State police and dive teams pulled two people from marshy waters off the Garden State Parkway, but one of the victims did not survive.

PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. (WPVI) -- State police and dive teams pulled four people from marshy waters off the Garden State Parkway after a deadly crash.

The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday on the Mullica Bridge in Port Republic, New Jersey.

Police say a driver in a Nissan Maxima, lost control and plummeted off the bridge.

It took crews about three hours to pull the victims out of the water.

Police say the driver, 27-year-old Darryl Thomas, and a passenger, 22-year-old Zachary Pearce, died in the crash.

Two other victims were taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries.

All the victims were from Jamaica, New York.