2 Dead, 2 Injured In Garden State Parkway Crash
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) -- New Jersey State Police say two people are dead and two others were injured in an accident that sent a car crashing into a river off the Garden State Parkway in Atlantic County.
It happened just after 1 a.m. Saturday when the car went tumbling out of control, crashed through a guard rail, and plunged into the Mullica River near mile marker 48 in Port Republic, Galloway Township.
Authorities say the driver, 27-year-old Darryl Thomas, and passenger, 22-year-old Zachary Pearce, both from New York City, were ejected from the Nissan sedan. Divers pulled their bodies from the water, which was about eight feet deep.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two other men were rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators pulled the car from the water and were working to determine if the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.