An overturned vehicle on the westbound Atlantic City Expressway has left two people dead after six people riding in the cab and bed of a pickup truck were ejected. 

Accident on the westbound Atlantic City Expressway just past the Farley Service Area
Accident on the westbound Atlantic City Expressway just past the Farley Service Area (6 ABC)
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NBC 10 reports all 6 people all from Philadelphia were ejected onto the roadway in the single-vehicle accident including several children.

A 35-year-old man riding in the cab died at the scene; Three other victims were taken by medical helicopter to hospitals in Camden and Atlantic City  hospital,according to 6 ABC.

6 ABC reports 3 of the passengers were riding in the cab of the pickup and 3 were in the bed. The pickup, registered to a Philadelphia construction company, had been driving erratically shortly before the accident, hit a guardrail and flipped over.

New Jersey Fast Traffic says the vehicle overturned after 7 a.m. just past the Farley Service Area  at milemarker 22.7 and shut down the Expressway for several hours for an investigation and cleanup.

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