Crime & Safety
Three People Killed in Tuesday Car Accident on Route 27
A car driven by a 15-year-old collided with another vehicle on Route 27 at the intersection of Stony Road in Edison.
Three people were killed Tuesday morning when a car driven by a 15-year-old boy collided with a vehicle on Route 27 at Stony Road in Edison.
At 12:32 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to Route 27 at Stony Road to find that a 1995 Honda Civic driven by the boy hit a 2011 Nissan Altima driven by Mohammad Zia, 46, with passenger Ali Behzad, 35, both of Edison, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office.
The 15-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:01 a.m. Authorities are not releasing the boy's name at this time, according the release.
Zia was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at 1:16 a.m. Behzad was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:01 a.m.
Autopsy results were not available at press time.
Police are still investigating the crash and ask anyone with information to call Det. Lisa Cimmino of the Edison Police Department at (732) 248-7529, or Investigator Jeffrey Temple of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3373.
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