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Driver Who Killed Bayonne Man, 5-Year-Old Daughter Gets 37 Years
A Hamilton man who was driving at more than 10 times the speed limit when he crashed into another vehicle, killing a Bayonne man and his young daughter, was sentenced Thursday to nearly 40 years in prison, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Scott Hahn, 39, was under the influence of drugs when he crashed into the back of another car at an Interchange 14C toll booth on the New Jersey Turnpike in Jersey City Feb. 22, 2016. Hahn was driving at 53 mph in what is a 5 mph zone, investigators later determined.
The collision claimed the lives of Timothy O’Donnell, 48, and his five-year-ol…
Driver Whose Jeep Hit Route 208 Guardrail, Median Was Under Influence, Franklin Lakes PD Says
A driver was under the influence of drugs when her Jeep bounced off the shoulder guardrail and smashed into the center median of Route 208 in Franklin Lakes Tuesday night, authorities said.
Aimee Dumont-Peppel, 59, of Chester, NJ (Morris County) was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center following the 9 p.m. southbound crash, Capt. John Bakelaar said Wednesday.
The Jeep had just passed the Colonial Road exit when it “veered into the right lane, crossing the rumble strips and striking the guard rail,” he said.
It then “crossed all lanes into the left shoulder, approximately 150 feet …