Three people have been killed and others suffered minor injuries in an accident on Interstate 287 in northern New Jersey near the New York state border.

New Jersey State Police Trooper Jeff Flynn says a tractor-trailer struck a cement truck that was disabled on the right shoulder of northbound 287 near milepost 66.5 in Mahwah Township around 12:38 on Tuesday afternoon.

Flynn says three men who had been standing outside the cement truck were struck and killed.

A pickup truck that was parked on the right shoulder by the cement truck was also struck.

Flynn says there weren’t immediate details on other reported minor injuries.

The accident is under investigation.

Traffic was being diverted to exit 59 northbound off of I-287.

(AP)