3 Killed In Paterson Plank Rd. Crash; Driver Was Going Over 100MPH: PD

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Three people, all of them under 30, were killed in a car accident late Sunday night on Paterson Plank Road in the Jersey City Heights, just south of Congress Street.

Police say the driver who caused the crash, a 23-year-old Jersey City man, was going more than 100 miles per hour in the seconds leading up to the collision, said Hudson County Prosecutor.

That man, Ziyang Wang, was taken into police custody Wednesday and is charged with three counts of reckless manslaughter, three counts of death by auto and one count of assault by auto.

Wang was handcuffed and charged at the Jersey City Medical Center, where he will remain in custody until medically cleared.

The crash happened at 12:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 16; Jersey City Police responded for a 911 call of a two-car collision.

Wang was driving a BMW X5 M50i that appeared to have crashed head-on with a Kia Amanti.

The driver of the Kia, identified as Dylan Weidenfeld, 26, of Jersey City, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The BMW was occupied by five people: Wang was the driver. A female backseat passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. A male backseat passenger was transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Their identities are being withheld pending notification of their families.

A third backseat passenger, a 19-year-old female, remains in critical condition at Jersey City Medical Center. A front seat female passenger suffered injuries that are not considered to be life-threatening at this time.