HAMMONTON, N.J. (AP) - Two teenage brothers New Jersey and a Pennsylvania woman were killed when a car driven by the teens’ older brother crashed on the Atlantic City Expressway, state police said.
The driver, a 19-year-old Philadelphia man, was headed eastbound around 3:10 p.m. Sunday when the car veered off the highway near milepost 23.3 in Hammonton, then overturned and struck some trees.
Maryha Toro, 19, of Philadelphia, and the two brothers - Marcus Crawford, 16 and Emmanuel Crawford, 15, both of Camden - were killed in the crash. The driver, whose name was not released, suffered undisclosed “moderate” injuries and was being treated at a hospital, state police said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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