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Three people, including a 14-year-old, die after a vehicle crashes into an A.C. Expressway toll booth

The accident happened Sunday night at the Egg Harbor Toll Plaza.

File photo of police tape.
File photo of police tape.Read moreYong Kim / Staff Photographer

MAYS LANDING — Three people died and one person was injured when a vehicle crashed into a toll booth and burst into flames, New Jersey State Police said.

The crash happened Sunday night at the Egg Harbor Toll Plaza along the Atlantic City Expressway, news outlets reported.

Photos from the scene showed the vehicle engulfed in flames. The driver and two passengers died, and a fourth person was taken to a hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening, police said.

The victims were later identified as Reachthon Khiev, 31, and Reachsieh Khiev, 27, of Manchester, New Hampshire and 14-year-old Keotepie Khiev of Atlantic City.

The cause of the wreck was under investigation.