New Jersey state police say four people are dead after a crash involving a car and a tanker truck on the Garden State Parkway. The accident was reported around 2:50 a.m. Wednesday in the southbound lanes near mile marker 81.5 in Toms River.

State police say the car driven by 21-year-old Kevin Quispe-Prieto, of Beachwood, slammed into the back of the tanker . Quispe-Prieto and three passengers ¿ Jimmy Quispe-Prieto and Robert Ordenana, both 23, and 24-year-old Victor Lugo, all of Lakewood ¿ were pronounced dead at the scene.