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Victor Kwak was drunk when he lost control of his 2006 Lexus GS430 while headed east on Railroad Avenue between Everett Place and Boiling Springs Avenue in Rutherford on Aug. 22, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time.
The car “struck the curb on the south side of the roadway and then crossed back northward and drove off the road onto the sidewalk on the north side,” the prosecutor said.
It then struck and knocked down a tree, a street light and a wooden utility pole before ramming into Sandra Munoz-Molina, who was on the on the grounds of St. Mary’s High School, headed home from her beauty parlor job.
Munoz-Molina was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious head injuries. She died two days later.
The Mexican immigrant, who loved ones said hoped to one day open a beauty parlor with her sisters, left behind four sons ranging in age at the time from three to eight years old.
Kwak has remained free since posting $75,000 bail the day after the crash.
Kwak, who originally was charged with aggravated assault by auto, also was issued several motor vehicle summonses, including one for DWI, the prosecutor said.
Besides aggravated manslaughter, the indictment returned in Hackensack on Monday charges him with two counts of death by auto.
STORY: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter
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