Prosecutor: Passenger Dies, Driver Hospitalized In Jefferson Crash

A driver was hospitalized and the passenger killed after crashing into a tree in Jefferson Saturday morning, authorities said.

Cecilia Levine

04/25/2020 7:51 p.m.

The driver crashed a 1973 Chevrolet Nova into a tree on Berkshire Valley Road near mile marker 4.4 just after 8 a.m., Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release with local police.

** UPDATE: The driver of the Chevrolet, Matthew Pulis, has been served a summons complaint of third-degree vehicular homicide in connection with the incident. **

A male passenger was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver was taken to Morristown Medical Center for treatment, Knapp said.

The incident remains under investigation by the Jefferson Police Department and the Morris County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, with the assistance from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 973-285-6200 or the Jefferson Township Police Department at 973-697-1300.

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