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Lakewood, NJ
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$16K Raised For Family Of NJ Aunt, 11-Year-Old Girl Killed By Suspected DUI Driver In Lakewood
A GoFundMe for the family of a New Jersey woman and her 11-year-old family member killed in a suspected DUI crash in Lakewood had raised more than $16,000 as of Sunday, July 27. The campaign was launched by Maria Celina Aguilar, the niece of 42-year-old Maria Pleitez, who died alongside the girl, identified by Aguilar as Dayanara Cortes, when their car was hit head-on by a suspected drunk driver late Saturday night, July 26. “My aunt was a wonderful woman who worked hard every day to take care of her two daughters,” Aguilar wrote. “She is leaving behind my 16-year-old niece.” Aguilar said …
Lakewood, NJ
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Suspected DUI Red Bank Driver Kills 11-Year-Old Girl, Woman In Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor
A Red Bank man suspected of DUI has been charged with vehicular homicide after a crash in Lakewood killed a woman and an 11-year-old girl and seriously injured another child, authorities said. Raul Luna-Perez, 43, was behind the wheel of a Dodge Durango that collided head-on with a Nissan Sentra just before 11:20 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, at the intersection of Cross Street and Hearthstone Drive in Lakewood, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said in a release. Luna-Perez was driving east on Cross Street when his SUV crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the Nissan head-on, th…
Metuchen, NJ
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4 Charged In Fatal Parkway Drag Race: Middlesex County Prosecutor
Four people are facing charges following a fatal crash on the Garden State Parkway last month that involved two cars racing, authorities announced Wednesday, July 23. On Sunday, June 29, at 7:04 p.m., New Jersey State Police responded to the Garden State Parkway in Metuchen for a crash after a BMW X3 crashed into two other vehicles and rolled over multiple times, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick Callahan said. Albion Hysenaj, a 20-year-old Staten Island resident, was ejected from the vehicle and was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hos…
Toms River, NJ
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'Floor It... F— The Cops': New Charges Filed In Crash That Killed Young Couple In Toms River
New charges have been filed, and disturbing new details have emerged in the crash that killed a young couple last March in Toms River, including video of one of the passengers filming and encouraging the teenage driver as he hit 118 mph and ran a red light, authorities said. Carlos Martinez, who was 17 at the time of the crash, was allegedly behind the wheel of a white BMW when he blew through the red light at Route 37 and Route 166 on Friday, March 7, killing Kiley Armstrong, 21, and Evan Fiore, 23, a couple described by their families as "inseparable" and planning to marry. However, new d…
Englewood, NJ
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NY Man Let 15-Year-Old Drive Brand-New SUV In Deadly Crash On PIP In Alpine: Officials
A New York man is behind bars in connection with a February crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway for letting an underage driver operate the vehicle that caused left one person dead and left multiple others injured, authorities announced Thursday, July 10. Ryan D. Chambers, 21, of Elmira, NY, let a 15-year-old drive the 2025 Nissan Rogue on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, before dawn Friday, Feb. 28, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The unlicensed teen was speeding and driving recklessly when he lost control just before 6 a.m. and collided…
East Hampton, NY
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Drunk Teen Crashed Car, Killing 19-Year-Old East Hampton Woman On Father's Day, DA Says
An 18-year-old man is facing aggravated vehicular homicide charges following a Father’s Day crash that killed a 19-year-old woman and seriously injured another passenger on Long Island. Luis Fuertes, of Moriches, was arraigned in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, July 9, in connection with an alleged drunk driving crash in East Hampton that killed Scarleth Samaniego-Urgiles. Investigators determined that Fuertes was driving drunk with seven people in his car when he crossed into oncoming traffic, nearly hit another vehicle, then veered off the road and struck a tree on Old Stone Highway at…
Newark, NJ
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Newark Mom Killed In Scooter Crash ID'd; Pennsylvania Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide
A Newark woman was killed while riding an electric scooter in a crash that led to criminal charges against a Pennsylvania man, authorities said. Marilyn Belkis Reyes Borja, 35, of Newark, was struck and killed around 1:11 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, while crossing Ferry Street and Raymond Boulevard at Blanchard Street, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Carmen Martin. Surveillance footage shows Reyes Borja began crossing northbound in the crosswalk on an electric scooter as eastbound and westbound traffic had stopped at red lights, prosecutors said. That’s when a …
Toms River, NJ
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Toms River Woman ID'd As Victim In Hit-Run Crash, More Charges For Former Wrestler: Prosecutor
An 18-year-old former high school wrestler is facing additional charges in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash on Route 37 in Toms River that killed a 59-year-old woman, authorities announced on Wednesday, June 11. Abel Mathukutty, of Lake Hiawatha, was behind the wheel of an Infinity sedan that struck a white Mercedes sedan driven by Debora Barone, Saturday, May 24 at 7:25 p.m. on Route 37 east in Toms River, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. The crash sent the Mercedes into a utility pole, Billhimer said. Mathukutty fled the scene, traveling eastbound over the Thomas …
Pleasantville-Absecon, NJ
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DWI Egg Harbor Township Driver Charged In Fatal Crash: Prosecutor
A 28-year-old Egg Harbor Township man was indicted by a grand jury on vehicular homicide charges on Thursday, May 29, after he drove while intoxicated in a fatal crash in Pleasantville in March, authorities said. On Thursday, March 13 at 2:30 a.m., a vehicle driven by Jean Zambrano-Briones crashed into a utility pole on the Black Horse Pike in Pleasantville, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Gustavo Huestipa-Peralta, a 38-year-old Egg Harbor Township resident, was killed in the crash, authorities said. Zambrano-Briones was located by Egg Harbor Township police after he fle…
Hyattsville, MD
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Unlicensed Hyattsville Teen Charged In Double Fatal New Jersey Crash: Police
A 19-year-old Hyattsville, Maryland resident faces numerous charges after a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike killed two teenagers, authorities said. Cesar Martinez-Adino is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, among other charges, in the death of Juan Carlos Munguia-Palma, 19, and a 14-year-old boy, following the crash in Gloucester County on Sunday, May 18, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. At 1:06 a.m., an Acura MDX with six occupants, operated by Martinez-Adino, was traveling northbound on the Turnpike in Harrison Township, Lebron said. Mart…
Millstone-Upper Freehold, NJ
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Millstone Man Indicted, Fatally Struck, Dragged Teen With Car: Prosecutor
A 23-year-old Millstone Township man was indicted by a grand jury on Friday, May 23 after he killed a man in a fatal crash in February and then later fled to Florida, authorities said. Dominic Allen was charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said. On Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 4:02 p.m., the Neptune Township and Asbury Park police departments responded to Stratford Avenue between Fisher and Myrtle Avenues and found Kyzair Robinson, a 19-year-old Asbury Park resident, lying in the roadway with severe injuri…
Belvidere-White Township, NJ
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No Charges For NJ Trooper In Fatal Hope Township Pursuit: AG
A state trooper involved in a pursuit that led to the death of a 76-year-old Vietnam veteran will not face charges, authorities announced on Thursday, May 22, authorities said. On Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, at 10:19 a.m., New Jersey State Trooper Christopher Bird began following an SUV on Route 80 eastbound and initiated a traffic stop, the Warren County Prosecutor's Office said. The driver of the SUV, Sean Mamakas, a 33-year-old Kempton, PA resident, continued traveling eastbound, exiting the interstate at Exit 12 and headed toward County Road 521 southbound in Hope Township, authorities said…
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