Two people were killed early Saturday morning when two cars collided head-on on the New Jersey Turnpike, State Police said.

Micah Morris, a 41-year-old of Hamilton Township, was driving a Toyota Corolla north on the southbound side of the highway when he crashed into a Hyundai Elantra at 12:20 a.m. in Monroe, State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said.

Morris and the other driver, Katherine Ordonez, 23, of Newark, were both pronounced dead at the scene, Peele said.

It was unclear why Morris was driving on the wrong side of the highway, according to Peele, who said the incident remains under investigation.

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