Five people killed when their car was struck by a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike and burst into flames included a husband and wife in their 70s.
Their car had been stopped in traffic Saturday in the right southbound lane in Mount Laurel, a Philadelphia suburb. It shot into the center lane with them trapped inside, triggering crashes involving six other vehicles.
State police identify the victims as Passaic residents Jeanette and Salvatore Urbano and Kearny residents Anna Kane, Rose Kane and Francis Kane. All were in their 70s. A woman at the home of the Urbanos' son calls it "a horrific tragedy."
Three people from the New York City area were seriously injured.
The crash forced the closure of 25 miles of southbound roadway on the turnpike, one of the nation's busiest. The cause is undetermined.
