EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - A crash involving three motorcycles on the New Jersey Turnpike has left two New Jersey men dead and a Pennsylvania man seriously injured, state police said.
The accident occurred around 1:20 p.m. Sunday in the southbound outer lanes of the highway near mile marker 84 in New Brunswick.
Marcus Wood, 30, of Willingboro, and Brayan Portillo-Padilla, 22, of Sayreville, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The third rider - identified only as a 29-year-old Morrisville, Pennsylvania man - was thrown from his motorcycle when it flipped over, authorities said. He was being treated at a hospital for undisclosed moderate injuries, bu further details were not disclosed.
It’s not clear if the three men were traveling in a group when the crash occurred, authorities said, and it appeared that no other vehicles were involved.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
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