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Woman High On Narcotics Indicted In NJ Crash That Killed Toddler: Prosecutors Woman High On Narcotics Indicted In NJ Crash That Killed Toddler: Prosecutors
Woman High On Narcotics Indicted In NJ Crash That Killed Toddler: Prosecutors A Monmouth County woman was indicted after she was accused of driving under the influence of drugs in a crash that killed a young girl, authorities said. Samantha Bonora, 31, of Howell, was indicted by a grand jury, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office announced in a news release on Friday, Apr. 12. She was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, two counts of second-degree aggravated assault, and four counts of assault by auto. Howell police responded to a crash on Route 34 near the Colts Neck border at around 4:41 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13. Investigators said Bonor…
Police ID Bayonne Woman Struck, Killed On Route 46 In Parsippany Police ID Bayonne Woman Struck, Killed On Route 46 In Parsippany
Police ID Bayonne Woman Struck, Killed On Route 46 In Parsippany A 73-year-old Bayonne woman was fatally struck by a vehicle while crossing Route 46 in Parsippany on Monday, April 8, authorities said. At 11 a.m., Sonia Diaz was crossing Route 46 West at North Beverwyck Road in Parsippany, when she was struck by a Jeep Grand Cherokee, which collided with a second vehicle, a Kia Forte, Megan Knab, a spokeswoman for the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.  Diaz was pronounced dead at the scene, Knab said. Both drivers remained on scene, Knab said. The investigation is ongoing and there have been no summonses issued, Knab said.  The Parsi…
SUV Crashes Into State Police Car On Route 280: NJSP SUV Crashes Into State Police Car On Route 280: NJSP
SUV Crashes Into State Police Car On Route 280: Njsp An SUV crashed into a state police vehicle, causing it to hit another trooper car on Route 280 in Essex County on Saturday, March 2. That evening, troopers were investigating another car crash on Route 280 at Exit in East Orange in the left lane, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. Two unoccupied marked trooper vehicles were parked in the left lane behind the crash, with their emergency lights activated, Lebron said. At 9:55 p.m., a Jeep Grand Cherokee struck the back of one of the trooper cars, causing it to hit the other state police vehicle, Lebron said. The…
SEEN THEM? Ridgewood Police Seek Two Burglars Who Fled In Getaway Car SEEN THEM? Ridgewood Police Seek Two Burglars Who Fled In Getaway Car
Seen Them? Ridgewood Police Seek Two Burglars Who Fled In Getaway Car Ridgewood police are attempting to locate two people who attempted a residential burglary in the village on Thursday, Feb. 15. At 5:15 p.m., officers responded to a report of a package theft at a home in the area of Northern Parkway and East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood police said. The homeowner said when they arrived home they confronted two people inside their residence, police said. The duo fled north on foot across East Glen Avenue into a waiting getaway vehicle, a newer model red or burgundy colored Jeep Grand Cherokee, police said. The vehicle fled west on Glen Avenue toward North Maple Av…
Woman Was High On Narcotics In NJ Crash That Killed Toddler: Prosecutors Woman Was High On Narcotics In NJ Crash That Killed Toddler: Prosecutors
Woman Was High On Narcotics In NJ Crash That Killed Toddler: Prosecutors A Monmouth County woman was under the influence of drugs in a crash that killed a young girl last month, authorities said. Samantha Bonora, 31, of Howell, was charged with one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter and two counts of second-degree aggravated assault, in the Jan. 13 collision that killed Kylie Williams, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced on Friday, Feb. 2. Bonora was also charged with driving under the influence and several motor vehicle summonses. Howell police responded to a crash on Route 34 near the Colts Neck border at around 4:41 p.m.…
3-Year-Old Dies, Others Hospitalized In 3-Car Monmouth County Crash: Prosecutor 3-Year-Old Dies, Others Hospitalized In 3-Car Monmouth County Crash: Prosecutor
3-Year-Old Dies, Others Hospitalized In 3-Car Monmouth County Crash: Prosecutor A 3-year-old girl died in a three-car crash on Route 34 in Monmouth County over the weekend, authorities said. The crash involved a 2014 Dodge Ram pickup truck, a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and a 2021 Ford Bronco, and happened around 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 north of the State Route 33 interchange, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said. The 3-year-old girl, who was riding in the Jeep Cherokee, was pronounced dead at the scene while a 2-year-old boy in the car was hospitalized with minor injuries, and the driver was seriously injured, Santiago said. The drivers of the p…
UPDATE: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder UPDATE: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder
Update: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder UPDATE: A volunteer firefighter charged in a horrific road-rage crash that nearly killed a fellow group of fellow Bergen County teens earlier this week left the scene and then returned as a responder, authorities said. Luke Stein, 18, who was taken into custody in Colorado on Friday, Oct. 14, became a volunteer firefighter in Alpine and Demarest earlier this year, records show.  He was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee with blue and white emergency lights on the dashboard when he pursued and then deliberately rear-ended the victims' Honda Pilot on Route 9W just after midnight on Monday, Oct. 1…
State Police ID Driver Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash State Police ID Driver Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash
State Police ID Driver Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash A 39-year-old driver from Teaneck was killed in an overnight crash on the Garden State Parkway in Central Jersey, authorities said. Gabriel Farias was heading north in a Mini Cooper next to a Jeep Grand Cherokee when the two vehicles sideswiped each other around 12:26 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19 near exit 120 in Old Bridge, New Jersey State Police said. The Mini Cooper then struck a concrete barrier, a guardrail and subsequently overturned, police said. Farias died as a result of the crash, authorities said. There is an ongoing investigation.
Newark Man Hired Teens To Steal Car In Head-On Crash That Left 2 Dead, 1 Critical: Princeton PD Newark Man Hired Teens To Steal Car In Head-On Crash That Left 2 Dead, 1 Critical: Princeton PD
Newark Man Hired Teens To Steal Car In Head-On Crash That Left 2 Dead, 1 Critical: Princeton PD A 19-year-old man from Newark was hit with several charges in connection to a head-on crash with a stolen vehicle that left a 15- and 61-year old dead and a 14-year-old in critical condition, authorities announced. Elhajjmalik Diallo, 19, was found to have hired a 15-year-old driver and 14-year-old passenger to steal a Jeep Grand Cherokee before the driver crossed over the double-yellow line while heading east on Princeton-Kingston Road near Carnegie Drive and crashed head-on into a westbound 2016 Acura RDX on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, Princeton Police said in a release on Tuesday, May 24. The …
Motorist, 93, Survives Wild Crash-Filled Ride In Bergen Supermarket Parking Lot Motorist, 93, Survives Wild Crash-Filled Ride In Bergen Supermarket Parking Lot
Motorist, 93, Survives Wild Crash-Filled Ride In Bergen Supermarket Parking Lot A 93-year-old driver escaped serious injury when her SUV careened into the parking lot of a Wyckoff supermarket, crossing over the hood of one parked vehicle while damaging three others, authorities said. The borough driver initially backed her 2006 Ford Explorer into a 2021 Mercedes Benz in the parking lot of the local post office around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. She told police her accelerator stuck when she put it in drive, sending the Explorer across Greenwood Avenue and into the Boulder Run Shopping Center, the lieutenant said. After hitting the curb, t…
Bad-Driving Bandit Arrested By Paramus Police After Smashing Up Stolen Jeep Bad-Driving Bandit Arrested By Paramus Police After Smashing Up Stolen Jeep
Bad-Driving Bandit Arrested By Paramus Police After Smashing Up Stolen Jeep The driver of a stolen Jeep hit a median, a curb, some bushes and a tree before Paramus police took him into custody, authorities said. And they weren't even chasing him when he crashed. Officer Nicholas Tanelli tried to stop the 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee as it sped down southbound Route 17 shortly after 1:30 a.m. Thursday, April 7, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A computer check showed it had been stolen out of Mountain Lakes. The driver turned off the Jeep’s lights, then hit a median on westbound Route 4 and kept going, Ehrenberg said. Tanelli immediately terminated the pursuit un…
2 Killed When Teenage Girl Crashes Stolen Jeep In Princeton 2 Killed When Teenage Girl Crashes Stolen Jeep In Princeton
2 Killed When Teenage Girl Crashes Stolen Jeep In Princeton Two people were killed when a 15-year-old driver from Newark crashed a stolen Jeep in Mercer County, authorities said. The driver of the Jeep also left her  teenage passenger critically hurt in Sunday's head-on crash in Princeton.  Jodi Marcou, 61, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, and the teen driver of the Jeep were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Princeton police. The girl's name was not released.  The 14-year-old passenger in the Jeep was in critical condition at Capital Health Regional Medical Center. He also is from Newark.  Acc…
Sussex County Jeep Driver, 18, Dead In Crash Sussex County Jeep Driver, 18, Dead In Crash
Sussex County Jeep Driver, 18, Dead In Crash An 18-year-old Jeep driver died in a Sussex County crash early Sunday morning. The crash occurred at the intersection of County Routes 519 and 650 in Wantage around 1:30 a.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. Jonathan Fett of Wantage, was behind the wheel of a Jeep Grand Cherokee going west on 650 when he was struck by a GMC Sierra going north on 519, the sergeant said. Fett was killed while the 42-year-old GMC driver and his adult passenger were uninjured.  More than $3,000 had been raised for the Fett family on a GoFundMe as of Sunday afternoon. Jonathan FettGoFund…
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…
Driver, 34, Ejected In Fatal Ridgefield Park NJ Turnpike Crash Driver, 34, Ejected In Fatal Ridgefield Park NJ Turnpike Crash
Driver, 34, Ejected In Fatal Ridgefield Park NJ Turnpike Crash A driver was ejected from his Jeep in a fatal Sunday morning crash on the southbound New Jersey Turnpike in Ridgefield Park, State Police said. Jose Minaya, 34, Newark, was driving a Grand Cherokee that struck the center concrete barrier, then re-entered the roadway and hit the right-side guardrail, rolling over and ejecting him around 7 a.m., State Police Trooper II Alejandro Goez said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Goez said, adding that no other vehicles or passengers were involved. The left lane approaching Route 46 initially was closed during the cleanup and investigation, cond…
State Police: Tractor-Trailer Collides With Pickup Truck, SUV On Route 80 State Police: Tractor-Trailer Collides With Pickup Truck, SUV On Route 80
State Police: Tractor-Trailer Collides With Pickup Truck, SUV On Route 80 Several lanes of Route 80 eastbound were temporarily closed following a three-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer in Morris County Wednesday afternoon, state police said. The crash — which also involved a Toyota Tundra and a Jeep Grand Cherokee — occurred near milepost 30.4 in Mount Arlington Borough just after 2:25 p.m., NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. Several lanes were partially closed following the crash but had reopened around 3:15 p.m., Goez said. No injuries were reported in the incident, which remains under investigation, Goez said.
UPDATE: Jeep Driver Who Died In Fiery Newark Crash ID'd UPDATE: Jeep Driver Who Died In Fiery Newark Crash ID'd
Update: Jeep Driver Who Died In Fiery Newark Crash ID'd Authorities have identified the man killed in a fiery Newark crash involving a tanker truck and two cars. A Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Durhon Fuller, 34, hit the back of a tanker truck at the  Bergen Street and Madison Avenue intersection around 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Fuller became trapped in his Jeep as both vehicles went up in flames, and died at the scene, authorities said. The impact from the Jeep sent the truck into an unoccupied Dodge Caravan, Stephens and Amb…
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…
Franklin Lakes PD: Drunk Driver Rear-Ends SUV On Route 208 Ramp, Runs For Home Franklin Lakes PD: Drunk Driver Rear-Ends SUV On Route 208 Ramp, Runs For Home
Franklin Lakes PD: Drunk Driver Rear-Ends SUV On Route 208 Ramp, Runs For Home A drunk driver from Franklin Lakes got out and ran for home after his SUV rear-ended another on a Route 208 exit ramp -- then returned to the scene as police were investigating, authorities said. Brian Hogan, 60, was driving a 2010 Mercedes Benz that struck a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 21-year-old West Milford man at the stop sign on Ewing Avenue off the northbound highway at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, according to a police report. Hogan, who police said was following too closely, took off on foot, then “returned to the scene in the middle of the investigation,” the report says. Neithe…