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Morris Prosecutor: 17 Years Behind Bars For Drunk Driver In Triple Fatal Wrong-Way Rt. 80 Crash Morris Prosecutor: 17 Years Behind Bars For Drunk Driver In Triple Fatal Wrong-Way Rt. 80 Crash
Morris Prosecutor: 17 Years Behind Bars For Drunk Driver In Triple Fatal Wrong-Way Rt. 80 Crash The Dumont car salesman who caused three deaths during a wrong-way DWI crash on Route 80 was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in state prison, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said. Miguel Botero, 30, plead guilty in November to two counts of second-degree vehicular  homicide, one count of third-degree strict liability vehicular homicide and DWI, Acting Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Botero, who had a BAC of .20, was headed west on the eastbound side of the highway in Parsippany-Troy Hills when his Jeep Grand Cherokee slammed into a Toyota Corolla on Oct. 18, 2019, killing Ronal…

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by Valerie Musson
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LAWSUIT: Trio Of Morris County Bars Overserved Driver In Triple-Fatal Rt. 80 Crash, Report Says LAWSUIT: Trio Of Morris County Bars Overserved Driver In Triple-Fatal Rt. 80 Crash, Report Says
Lawsuit: Trio Of Morris County Bars Overserved Driver In Triple-Fatal Rt. 80 Crash, Report Says A trio of Morris County bars have been accused of overserving alcohol to the driver involved in a triple-fatal crash on Route 80 in 2019, a new report says. Iron Bar, Revolution Social Brew House and Horseshoe Tavern in Morristown are accused of “employing incompetent and inadequately trained bartenders” in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Ronald Francois, one of three victims in the Oct. 18, 2019 crash in Parsippany, NJHerald reports citing court records. Dumont car salesman Miguel Botero, 29, was driving westbound on the eastbound side on the highway when his Jeep Cherokee …

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by Valerie Musson
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Newark Man Identified As Third Victim Of Wrong-Way Route 80 Crash Newark Man Identified As Third Victim Of Wrong-Way Route 80 Crash
Newark Man Identified As Third Victim Of Wrong-Way Route 80 Crash Authorities have identified the three victims of last October's Route 80 crash that killed three people. Ronald Francois, 28, of Newark, Jalen Davis, 20, of Stanhope, and Julia Wells, 20, of Mine Hill, were killed after being struck by Miguel Botero of Dumont on Oct. 18, 2019 in Parsippany-Troy Hills, the Daily Record reports. Online campaigns had been created after the crash for Wells and Davis, but this is the first time in the nearly three months since the accident that the third victim was identified. Botero, a 28-year-old car salesman, was headed west on the eastbound side of the high…

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by Cecilia Levine
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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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Wrong-Way DWI Dumont Driver, 28, Charged In Route 80 Triple Fatal Crash Prosecutor: Wrong-Way DWI Dumont Driver, 28, Charged In Route 80 Triple Fatal Crash
Prosecutor: Wrong-Way DWI Dumont Driver, 28, Charged In Route 80 Triple Fatal Crash A car salesman from Dumont was charged in a wrong-way Route 80 crash in Parsippany-Troy Hills that killed three people last October, authorities announced Friday. Miguel Botero, 28, had been drinking and was headed westbound on the eastbound side of the highway on Oct. 18, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. Botero's car struck another vehicle around 1:45 a.m. near mile post 45.2, killing the driver and two passengers documents say. The passengers were identified as Julia Wells and Jalen Davis, a pair of friends pursuing careers in cosmetology and music, respectively. Another als…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Friends, 20, Killed In Route 80 Crash Remembered As Cheerful, Giving Friends, 20, Killed In Route 80 Crash Remembered As Cheerful, Giving
Friends, 20, Killed In Route 80 Crash Remembered As Cheerful, Giving One was pursuing a cosmetology license, the other a musical career -- but in an instant both 20-year-old friends were gone, killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on Route 80. Julia Wells and Jalen Davis were in the back seat of a Toyota Corolla that collided with a Jeep on the eastbound side of the highway in Parsippany around 1:45 a.m. Friday, family and friends said. They and the driver of the Corolla were killed, authorities said. A GoFundMe launched by her longtime friend Amber Sweedy had raised more than $1,900 for Wells' funeral expenses as of Sunday morning.  A Fundly for Davi…

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by Cecilia Levine