NJ man, 39, killed in 2-vehicle crash on Garden State Parkway

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OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (1010 WINS) — A New Jersey man is dead after a two-vehicle crash on a parkway early Monday, New Jersey State Police said.

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The 39-year-old Teaneck man, Gabriel Farias, was driving in a Mini Cooper north in the express lanes around 12:25 a.m. on the Garden State Parkway in Old Bridge when the crash happened, police said.

Farias got into a sideswipe collision with a Jeep Grand Cherokee and then struck a concrete barrier followed by a guardrail before overturning, according to authorities.

Emergency responders pronounced Farias dead at the scene.

More information about the other driver was not immediately available and the investigation is ongoing.

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