Ravi Naik, 23, and two people killed, and multiple people injured in crash between car, van, and pickup on Interstate 287 in Bernards Township, New Jersey

Two people were pronounced dead at the scene and a third was pronounced dead at a hospital. By The Associated Press BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Three people are dead and more than a dozen injured after a crash involving a car, a multi-passenger van and a pickup truck with a trailer carrying cows in New Jersey. State police say the crash happened Saturday night about 30 miles west of New York City on Interstate 287. State police say they’ll release more information later Sunday. Traffic was detoured around the area for a time but the interstate has reopened.

State police say three people are dead and more than a dozen injured after a crash involving a car, a multi-passenger van and a pickup truck with a trailer carrying cows.The accident occurred in the northbound lanes of Interstate 287 in Bernards Township at 10:32 p.m. Saturday.Police said two victims were pronounced dead at the scene. A third victim died at Morristown Medical Center, where three others were taken. Two have serious injuries.Nine people were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and two to Overlook Medical Center. All have non-life-threatening injuries.Police said some cows died and others were transported from the scene.I-287 was closed for three hours and traffic was being diverted.

Naik was pronounced dead at a local hospital and two van passengers were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. A man standing on the shoulder after his car struck the cattle trailer earlier and two van passengers died in the incident late Saturday on Interstate 287, New Jersey State Police said. Three people died and a dozen were injured after a van crashed into a cattle trailer parked on the shoulder of a New Jersey highway, leaving the interstate strewn with dead cows, state police said Sunday. The dozen injured included Chase and the van’s driver, Xu Feng Ma, police said. No charges had been filed in the incident as of Sunday morning, state police said.