At least four people were killed Wednesday when a driver crashed into a tractor-trailer on the Garden State Parkway.

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The car slammed into the back of the truck around 2:50 a.m. closing the right, southbound lane of the parkway, WPVI reported.

The four people who were fatally injured were all occupants of the car, New Jersey State Police said. The driver of the truck was not injured.

The cause of crash has not yet been released.

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