Three people were killed Sunday afternoon when a tractor-trailer crashed into their vehicle as it was parked on a shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike, officials said.

The fatal crash happened around 1:30 p.m. at milepost 64.6 in East Windsor, said New Jersey State Police Trooper Christopher Postorino.

A GMC SUV that had been driven by Elin R. Waithe, 44, of Bloomfield, was parked on the right shoulder. Waithe was standing outside the vehicle while three passengers remained inside, Postorino said.

The rear of the SUV was then struck by a Peterbilt tractor-trailer driven by Dmitriy I. Kara, 33, of Philadelphia, Postorino said.

Waithe and the front-seat passenger — Quacy Waithe, 47, of Bloomfield — were killed, along with one of the two juvenile passengers in the SUV’s back seat, Postorin

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