4 dead in head-on collision on NJ Turnpike in Salem County

CARNEYS POINT TOWNSHIP, N.J. (WPVI) -- Four people are dead after a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Salem County.

It happened around 12:42 a.m. Sunday in Carneys Point Township.

According to police, 41-year-old Christopher Neff of Westminster, Colorado, was driving a Dodge pickup truck northbound in the southbound lanes of the turnpike.

The Dodge struck a Mazda SUV traveling southbound in a head-on collision.

Following the collision, the Mazda was struck by a freightliner that was traveling behind it.

The driver of the Mazda, identified as 19-year-old Yaakov Kilberg of Lakewood, New Jersey, as well as his three passengers: 18-year-old Aharon Lebovits of Lakewood, NJ; 18-year-old Shlomo Cohen of Lakewood, NJ; and 18-year-old Chaim Grossman of Fallsburg, NY.

All sustained fatal injuries.

The driver of the Dodge sustained serious injuries.

The driver of the freightliner was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation.