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Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB
Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB A Florida trucker was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in state prison for fleeing a tractor-trailer crash that killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native on Route 95 in Fort Lee last year. Joel Lasanta, 39, was captured by New Jersey State Police two days after the June 4, 2020 crash, authorities said at the time. Jada Smith had been headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another accident in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.m. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behind hers coming off the Georg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJSP Captures Florida Driver In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, In Fort Lee NJSP Captures Florida Driver In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, In Fort Lee
Njsp Captures Florida Driver In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, In Fort Lee State Police captured the hit-and-run tractor-trailer driver who killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native last week on Route 95 in Fort Lee, authorities said. Joel Lasanta, 37, of Kissimmee, FL, arrested Saturday at the Clara Barton Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike south of Cherry Hill, 115 miles or so from the scene of the crash, they said. Jada Smith was headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another crash in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.m. June 4. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behi…

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by Jerry DeMarco