A 15-year-old New Jersey boy scrawled a frantic suicide note on his own flesh and then slammed his parents’ car into another vehicle — killing himself and two innocent travelers, police sources said.
Troubled teen Srijan Saha penned the note on his arm then sped off in the car without permission before swerving into an oncoming vehicle on Route 27 near Stony Road in Edison at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, The Star-Ledger reported.
Mohammed Zia, 46, and his brother-in-law Ali Behzad, 36, who had been driving to get a late-night cup of coffee, were struck by the suicidal teen and killed, sources told the paper.
Saha and Behzad were pronounced dead at the scene. Zia died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital shortly afterward, sources said.
Cops discovered a messy suicide note penned on the teenager’s arm, but would not reveal what he wrote.
Investigators are now treating the accident as a “suicide-homicide,” according to Middlesex County prosecutor Andrew Carey.
Saha, who lived in Edison, loved art, rap and cars, classmates told the paper.
He was raised in Detroit, according to his Facebook profile, which features photos of the boy doing tricks on a bicycle.The boy’s school, John P. Stevens HS, held a moment of silence for the teen on Wednesday.
Students grieved over his untimely death, calling it heartbreaking and confusing.
“Shout out to Srijan Saha . . . My prayers are with you and your family <3 RIP <3,” @MahonesRusher wrote on Thursday.
“The district’s prayers are with the late student’s family, friends, students, staff and community during this very difficult time of extreme sorrow and grief,” school Superintendent Richard O’Malley said in a statement.
“The police investigation is active and continuing, and at this time we ask everyone to continue to keep those killed in this tragic incident and their families in their thoughts and prayers.”
Saha’s Facebook profile also notes he was interested in songwriting and features photos of rapper Eminem.