A woman is dead and a man had to be airlifted to the hospital following a fatal crash early Monday in Woodbridge Township, state police say.

The incident happened at around 5:51 a.m. southbound on the New Jersey Turnpike outer roadway.

A Mercedes and a Ford van were reportedly involved in the crash.

A female occupant of the Mercedes was pronounced dead at the scene, and a male occupant was airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

The outer roadway was closed for a time, but has since reopened.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.