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Police identify 3 killed, 1 injured in Plymouth Meeting high-speed crash

The accident occurred shortly before midnight Thursday at the intersection of Ridge Pike, Chemical Road, North Lane and Colwell Lane in Plymouth Township, just off the Blue Route.

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Plymouth Township police have identified three men who were killed and one who was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at a busy four-point intersection late Thursday night.

Killed in the 11:50 p.m. collision on Ridge Pike near the Blue Route, police said, were Alexander Montanez, 58, of Philadelphia, and Wilfredo J. Martinez, 38, and Justin M. Ruberti, 30, both of Vineland, N.J. Seriously injured was Luis A. Serrano Jr., 37, also of Vineland, police said.

According to a statement issued by police, a Honda Pilot traveling westbound on Ridge Pike at a high rate of speed on a rainy night failed to negotiate the curve approaching Chemical Road. The Honda crossed over the median into an eastbound lane and the path of a Dodge Grand Caravan, striking it head-on, police said.

The accident occurred at the intersection of Ridge Pike, Chemical Road, North Lane, and Colwell Lane.

Montanez was the driver of the Dodge, police said. Martinez, Ruberti, and Serrano were in the Honda. Police said Saturday they do not plan to reveal who was driving that vehicle until Monday.

Montanez and the driver of the Honda, who were trapped in their vehicles and sustained massive injuries, were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. One of the other two Honda passengers was thrown from the vehicle and also died at the scene, police said. Serrano was transported to Temple University Hospital in critical condition, police said.

According to a report by NBC10, the driver of the Honda had been speeding prior to the accident and had struck a vehicle elsewhere on Ridge Pike, causing minor damage but no injuries.

Anyone who witnessed the crash is urged to call detectives at 610-279-1901.