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Driver Flees From Crash That Killed Passenger On Route 9: Prosecutor Driver Flees From Crash That Killed Passenger On Route 9: Prosecutor
Driver Flees From Crash That Killed Passenger On Route 9: Prosecutor A 47-year-old North Plainfield man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Woodbridge on Saturday, Oct. 25 in which the driver had fled from, authorities said. Mario Ortiz Bonilla was found dead in the front passenger's seat of the 2017 Kia Sportage on Route 9 and Green Street in Woodbridge just after 9:05 a.m., Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Woodbridge PD Director Robert Hubner said. The driver had fled the scene, Ciccone and Hubner said. Authorities did not provide further details. The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call …

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by Cecilia Levine
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South Jersey Woman Fled Fatal Pedestrian Crash: Prosecutor South Jersey Woman Fled Fatal Pedestrian Crash: Prosecutor
South Jersey Woman Fled Fatal Pedestrian Crash: Prosecutor A 53-year-old woman from Galloway has been indicted for fleeing the scene of a fatal crash, authorities said. Carmen Ruiz was charged with vehicular homicide in a 2020 crash that killed Dustin Miller of Galloway, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. On Sept. 25, 2020, at 4:25 a.m., Miller, 25, was killed on the White Horse Pike in Atlantic City when he was struck by a Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by Ruiz, authorities said. Subsequent investigation revealed her use of numerous medications caused a state of intoxication and impaired her ability to operate a motor …

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by Jon Craig