2 Killed After Car Crashes Into Tree In Edison: Prosecutor

EDISON, NJ — Two people were killed and two were critically injured in a crash on Tuesday night in Edison, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department said.

On Tuesday, at 10:17 p.m., authorities responded to the southbound lane of Route 1 in the area of Jeff Street following the report of a crash. On their arrival, officers found a vehicle with four occupants, which had struck a tree.

The driver of the vehicle, Ziyad Elsaedi, 21, of North Plainfield, and the front passenger of the vehicle, were taken to a nearby hospital along with two other critically-injured passengers, Ciccone said.

Elsaedi and the front passenger, whose identity is being withheld pending notification to their next-of-kin, were later pronounced dead at the hospital, Ciccone said.

The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Captain Dominic Masi of the Edison Police Department at (732) 248-7400 or Detective Paul Kelley of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3330.