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

Saturday, June 25, 2016
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.
[Ads /]
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.

Copyright © 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.