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BREAKING UNION COUNTY: Double Fatality for Occupants of Vehicle That Overturned into Rahway River off the Garden State Parkway

Linden Clark

**UPDATE 12:07 pm There is one confirmation of a fatality at this time. Still "life-threatening" for the second victim"**

**UPDATE 1:07 The second victim has been confirmed dead.**

A vehicle that crashed then overturned in the Rahway River off of the Garden State Parkway on the Clark-Linden border has emergency responders on the scene at this time.

Details regarding the crash are developing but at around 10:29 a.m. emergency crews rushed to the northbound lanes near mile marker 137.3 after receiving reports of an overturned vehicle.

Crews arrived to find a white Toyota SUV - with two occupants inside - submerged in water, according to police.

Both victims were extricated and pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation is active and ongoing at this time.

**IMAGE CREDIT: J. G.**

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