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Car Thief Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Girl, 5, Crossing Newark Street: Authorities Car Thief Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Girl, 5, Crossing Newark Street: Authorities
Car Thief Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Girl, 5, Crossing Newark Street: Authorities A car thief has been charged in a January 2023 hit-run crash that killed a 5-year-old girl and wounded her dad and 2-year-old sister while they were crossing a Newark street, authorities said. Suhrell S. Proctor, 23, of Newark, was behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle when he struck the girl and her dad as they crossed 6th Avenue at North 9th Street on Jan. 31, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The man and his 2-year-old daughter were hospitalized while the 5-year-old girl was pronounced dead around 6:30 p.m. Pr…

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