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Family Of Man Killed In Somerset County Crash Involving Off-Duty DWI Cop Sees Wave Of Support
Central Jersey is coming together to support the family of one of the victims of this week's double-fatal crash investigators say was caused by a DWI off-duty Edison police officer.
Carlos Alexis Perez Gaytan, 24, was thrown from the back right passenger’s seat and killed in the Somerset County crash on Somerset Street on Sunday morning, August 27, Daily Voice reported.
The driver, Amitoj Oberoi, an off-duty police officer in Edison, was charged with two counts of first-degree vehicular homicide, DWI, and other offenses.
Born in New Brunswick, Carlos spent time in Jamesburg and New Brunswi…
Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In High-Speed Central Jersey Crash, Police Say
A 41-year-old motorcyclist from Essex County was killed in a crash in Central Jersey, authorities said.
Carlos Caraballo lost control of his motorcycle at about 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 5 on Route 1 northbound, Edison police said. The rider skidded and ended up under another vehicle near Parsonage Road, they said.
Caraballo, of Bloomfield, was pronounced dead shortly after the crash, police said.
Police say Caraballo was speeding and weaving between other vehicles just before his crash. The driver of the car had not been charged, police said.
The northbound side of Route 1 was clo…
