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Also named in the indictment was the other driver, who police said was headed west on eastbound Route 46 when the March 12 head-on crash occurred on Henry Street.
A trio of Garfield firefighters pulled the woman from a 1970 Mercury Cougar driven by 26-year-old Harry Halvorsen III (above, left) that night.
Authorities initially charged both Halvorsen and the other driver, Stephen Baker of Newark (above, right), with assault by auto and with being involved in a serious crash while driving on the suspended list.
Halvorsen was released on a summons while Baker was ordered held on bail.
An investigation led to Halverson’s arrest six weeks later on aggravated sexual assault charges by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Elmwood Park police.
“During the course of the investigation, it was determined that prior to the collision, Halvorsen had engaged in sexual activity [in Saddle Brook] with the victim, whom he knew or should have known was physically helpless or mentally incapacitated,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time.
Halverson, who is single and unemployed, remained held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail.
The indictment returned yesterday charges him with four counts of causing serious bodily injury by driving recklessly, one of sexual assault of a helpless victim through vaginal intercourse or fellatio and another of hindering apprehension.
Baker, meanwhile, remains free on $10,000 bail. He’s charged in the indictment with two counts of serious bodily injury to the victim by driving recklessly.
MUGSHOTS: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR
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