2 dead after car flips in Clifton, N.J. on Route 3, ejects passengers

CLIFTON, N.J. (WABC) -- Two women were killed after a car overturned into a pole on westbound Route 3 in Clifton early Friday morning.

There were five people in a 2007 Toyota Camry at the time of the wreck at 3:10 a.m.

The vehicle, operated by a 20-year-old from East Orange, N.J., flipped at the Valley Road exit ramp, ejecting two people onto the highway.

A 21-year-old woman from East Orange and a 21-year-old woman from Elizabeth, N.J., were killed.

The driver and two others were taken to St Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with non-life threatening injuries.

Wires were down in the area.

All westbound lanes were closed between Grove Street and Valley Road for about four hours. The Valley Road ramp is expected to remain closed for much of the day.

The Passaic County prosecutor's Office and Clifton Police are investigating.