1 Killed, 5 Injured In Fatal Chain-Reaction Garden State Parkway Crash In Union Co: Report

CRANFORD, NJ — A 19-year-old Hillside man was seriously injured and his front-seat passenger was killed in a late-night chain-reaction crash on the Garden State Parkway in Cranford, according to NJ.com.

The crashes happened on Saturday around 11:50 p.m. when the Hillside driver, driving a Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicle, rear-ended a Kia, according to NJ.com.

The Kia then spun and hit an Acura SUV as the Mercedes continued forward and hit a Toyota passenger vehicle. That impact pushed the Toyota off the road before it overturned, according to the report.

The Mercedes-Benz then ran off the highway to the right and hit two trees. The front-seat passenger in that vehicle was killed in the impact, according to NJ.com.

A secondary crash also was reported where another Mercedes-Benz passenger car changed lanes to try to avoid the wreck, but hit the Acura SUV, according to NJ.com.

The 19-year-old driver who caused the crash was seriously injured. The drivers of the Toyota, Acura, Nissan and the second Mercedes-Benz were treated for minor injuries at an area hospital, according to the report.