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Trenton Woman Sentenced In Crash That Killed Police Officer: Prosecutor Trenton Woman Sentenced In Crash That Killed Police Officer: Prosecutor
Trenton Woman Sentenced In Crash That Killed Police Officer: Prosecutor A 31-year-old woman from Trenton has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for a crash that killed a New Jersey Human Services Department police officer, authorities said. Taquaysha M. Bell, 31, was sentenced Thursday, July 13 for the June 19, 2020 vehicular homicide in which 53-year-old  Michael Luko, Sr. was killed while off-duty, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Luko was driving home from work at the time of the head-on crash. Bell was driving west on the White Horse Pike in Mays Landing. Bell was also sentenced to five years New Jersey S…

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Trenton Woman Charged In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Human Services Officer: Prosecutor Trenton Woman Charged In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Human Services Officer: Prosecutor
Trenton Woman Charged In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Human Services Officer: Prosecutor A 29-year-old woman from Trenton has been arrested in connection with a fatal head-on collision in South Jersey last year. The crash killed a 53-year-old police officer with the New Jersey Human Services Department, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill. On June 19, 2020, Taquaysha Bell was traveling westbound on the White Horse Pike in Hammonton and entered the oncoming lane, Shill said. Bell struck a vehicle head-on, operated by Michael Luko of Mays Landing, the prosecutor said. Luko was traveling home from his state job at the time of the crash. Luko was transported to a ne…

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