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1 Dead In Turnpike Crash In Ridgefield; At Least Third Njtp Death Since Friday

One person was killed in a crash involving multiple vehicles on the New Jersey Turnpike in Ridgefield Saturday, State Police said in a brief statement. 

A Turnpike crash in Bergen County left one person dead Saturday

A Turnpike crash in Bergen County left one person dead Saturday

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The crash occurred around 2:14 p.m. on the southbound side of the western spur near mile marker 115, not far from the exit for Rt. 3. 

Two southbound lanes and a northbound lane were closed as of about 5 p.m. The victim was not identified. 

This is the third fatality on the Turnpike since Friday night, when a New York man plummeted 80 feet while trying to jump to another section of the highway in Newark,  and a 26-year-old man was killed in a chain-reaction crash in Edison early Saturday.*

There have been at least five fatalities on the Turnpike since Oct. 19. On that date, a North Bergen man was killed in when the vehicle he was traveling in struck a guardrail in Burlington County. 

The same day, at the other end of the Turnpike, a motorcyclist was killed instantly when he struck a guardrail and was thrown clear from his bike in Secaucus. 

This story will be updated as more information becomes available. 

*This story was updated to include an additional fatality in Edison

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