Three members of family killed in New Jersey Turnpike accident

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Three members of a Stone Mountain family were killed in an accident Thursday on the New Jersey Turnpike. Only an 18-year-old daughter survived when a tractor-trailer to hit the back of the family's Toyota Camry.

A notice is seen outside the Caribbean Bakery & Grill in Lithonia, which the Mallett family operated, on Friday. Killed were 51-year-old Ainsworth Mallett, his 49-year-old wife, Jacqueline Mallett, and their 12-year-old son, Drew Mallett and the family dog.

Catherine Jackson, of Lithonia, who was a regular customer, leaves a Bible outside the Caribbean Bakery & Grill in Lithonia.

On Friday, balloons and flowers were placed outside the Caribbean Bakery & Grill in Lithonia,

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Three members of a Stone Mountain family were killed in an accident Thursday on the New Jersey Turnpike. Only an 18-year-old daughter survived when a tractor-trailer to hit the back of the family's Toyota Camry.

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