Elizabeth Driver Charged In Linden Crash That Killed Newark Brothers

A 33-year-old Elizabeth man has been charged with reckless vehicular manslaughter in a crash that killed two brothers from Newark last summer in Linden, authorities said.

Jose Reyes-Morales was charged in the crash that killed Manuel and Clarence Green.
Photo Credit: *Arts High School/Essex County Jail*

Cecilia Levine

03/11/2022 7:26 p.m.

Jose Reyes-Morales was heading north in a 017 BMW 330I northbound on Route 1 when he struck a 2004 Mazda 3, making a U-turn from Interstate 278 at Morses Mill Road around 11:30 p.m., on Jun 15, 2021, Linden Police Chief David Hart said.

The Mazda then collided with a 2002 Honda SUV and continued off the roadway.

The occupants of the Mazda — Manuel Green, 22, and his brother Clarence Green, 15 — were both killed.

Reyes-Morales and his female passenger were both transported to Newark University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Honda, a male, was also transported to Newark University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Reyes-Morales was charged with two counts of second-degree reckless vehicular homicide.

He was arrested at his home on Friday, Feb. 22, 2021 without incident and remanded to the Union County Jail pending an appearance in Superior Court.

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