UPDATE: 2 Victims ID'd, Details Revealed in Double-Fatal Crash That Shut Down N.J. Highway

Details were revealed in a double-fatal crash investigation that shut down a well-traveled New Jersey roadway early Tuesday, police said.

Tahir Syed, 46, of Somerset, was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other driver, Dennis Moshkov, 42, of East Brunswick, was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to police.

On Tuesday at 4:30 a.m., East Brunswick police units responded to the two-car head-on accident on Ryders Lane, just south of Tices Lane.

Ryders Lane, which was shut down in both directions between Tices Lane and Milltown Road, reopened at 9:30 a.m.

The circumstances surrounding the collision are currently being investigated.

If anyone was a witness to the collision or has any information regarding the collision, they are asked to contact Ptl. Glenn Tabasko of the East Brunswick Police Department’s Special Operations Division at (732) 390-6969.

The stretch of road is about a mile long and is often used as an alternative route to get around Route 18 traffic.

We'll have more information as it comes in.

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