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Prosecutor: 2 Women, 1 Man Dead In Route 80 Crash

Three people died and another was seriously injured in a Route 80 crash in Parsippany overnight Friday, authorities said.

Jalen Davis, left, and Julia Wells were two of the three people killed in a multi-vehicle Route 80 crash last Friday.

Jalen Davis, left, and Julia Wells were two of the three people killed in a multi-vehicle Route 80 crash last Friday.

Photo Credit: CBS Screengrab/Inset Jalen Davis and Julia Wells

** UPDATE: Two friends pursuing cosmetology and a musical career -- both 20 -- were killed in last Friday's multi-vehicle crash on Route 80 **

Two women and a man died in the fiery crash near milepost 45.2 on the eastbound side around 1:45 a.m., the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.

A young man hospitalized in the crash suffered severe burns, a responder said.

The crash may have been caused by a wrong-way driver, according to CBS News.

Their identities of the victims were not released.

One car was engulfed in flames and at least two others seemed to have been involved, news reports say.

A Fed-Ex truck may have also been involved, according to reports.

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