Maria Niotis and Isabella Rose Salas, both 17 years old. News 12 New Jersey/WABC

Two teenage best friends set out for an afternoon e-bike ride earlier this week in Cranford, New Jersey, a small city just 18 miles south of New York City.

They never made it home. Both girls were struck by a car and killed September 29, according to local authorities. And now another teenager – whom the Union County Prosecutor’s Office identified as a 17-year-old male – has been arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

The victims’ names have not been released by law enforcement, but family members have identified them to local media as Maria Niotis and Isabella Rose Salas, both 17 years old.

On Tuesday night, hundreds of people gathered to remember the teenagers, according to CNN

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