4 teens killed in wrong-way crash on NJ Turnpike

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News on Oct 20, 2025

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Four teenagers were killed in a wrong-way car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Sunday, authorities said.

All four teens were in the same vehicle, which was struck by a Dodge pickup truck traveling the wrong direction near the south end of the highway in Carneys Point Township, NJ.com reported.

Yaakov Kilberg, 19, was driving the Mazda carrying all four victims, according to the Asbury Park Press. Aharon Lebovits, Shlomo Cohen and Chaim Grossman, all 18, were passengers in the vehicle, the outlet reported.

Christopher Neff, a 41-year-old Colorado resident, was identified by police as the pickup driver, Philadelphia NBC affiliate WCAU reported. He suffered serious injuries in the wreck and was hospitalized, authorities said.

Police said around 12:40 a.m., Neff was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes about 25 miles southwest of Philadelphia, according to local CBS affiliate KYW. The teens were headed southbound when Neff collided with them head-on, then a tractor-trailer struck their vehicle from behind, cops said.

“A simultaneous winching operation and extrication on the second vehicle determined, unfortunately, that four occupants had succumbed to their injuries,” the Carneys Point Fire Department wrote on Facebook.

Kilberg, Lebovits and Cohen were residents of Lakewood, New Jersey, while Grossman lived in Fallsburg, New York. They were reportedly Yeshiva students enjoying a weekend break.

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