EAST WINDSOR TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- One person is dead after a crash involving multiple vehicles Thursday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike.

The crash happened just after 10:30 a.m. at milepost 68.2 in the southbound lanes of the highway in East Windsor Twp., Mercer County.

According to state police, a semi truck hit a Ford F-150 pickup from behind before striking a Mercedes.

The pickup then crashed into the back of another tractor-trailer, as a wheel from the pickup came off and hit a van.

The Ford burst into flames, and the driver was killed, police say. That person's name has not been released.

The drivers of the van and the Mercedes suffered minor injuries.

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