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Family Of Female Passenger Killed By Wrong-Way DWI Route 80 Driver Demands Justice Family Of Female Passenger Killed By Wrong-Way DWI Route 80 Driver Demands Justice
Family Of Female Passenger Killed By Wrong-Way DWI Route 80 Driver Demands Justice The family of one of three people killed in a wrong-way drunk-driving crash on Route 80 last October is demanding justice. Miguel Botero of Dumont was charged Jan. 10 with three counts of reckless vehicular homicide in connection with the Oct. 18, 2019 deaths of passengers Jalen Davis and Julia Wells, 20, as well as another driver whom authorities haven't yet identified. Botero recorded a .20 blood-alcohol content -- 2½ times the legal limit -- following the crash in Parsippany-Troy Hills, said Morristown attorney Scott Leonard, who is representing Davis's mother. "Prosecutors must pursue…