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13-Year-Old Among 2 Dead By Driver Making Illegal Pass In Mercer County: Police

Two people including a 13-year-old boy were killed in a head-on crash involving a vehicle that illegally tried to pass other cars on Route 31 in Mercer County, authorities said.

Hopewell Township PD

Hopewell Township PD

Photo Credit: Hopewell Township PD

The crash occurred at about 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 11.

Kongmi Khu, 32, of Brooklyn, NY, will be charged with vehicular manslaughter and other offenses, police said.

Khu was driving south and crossed the double yellow lines in an attempt to pass two other vehicles before slamming into a northbound car, Hopewell Township police said.

The 13-year-old killed in the crash was a front-seat passenger in Khu’s sedan, police said. The teenager was airlifted to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. 

The 59-year-old man from Ewing driving the northbound car was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. He was alone in the car.

Police didn’t release the names of the two people killed.

Two rear-seat passengers in Khu’s sedan — two women ages 32 and 35 – were hospitalized in serious condition after the crash.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Detective Christopher Collins at 609-737-3100 ext. 5790.

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