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Ex-Cop Gets 15 Years For Double-Fatal Off Duty DWI Wreck: Somerset County Prosecutor

A 30-year-old former police officer and Somerset resident  was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday, Aug. 14 in connection with a fatal crash he caused that killed two people while he was off-duty last summer, authorities said.

Amitoj Oberoi

Amitoj Oberoi

Photo Credit: Somerset County Prosecutor's Office

Amitoj Oberoi was employed as an Edison police officer at the time of the crash on Route 27 in Franklin Township that killed Carlos Perez-Gayan, a 24-year-old Somerset resident, and Victor Cabrera-Francisco, a 20-year-old North Brunswick resident, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said.

In June, Oberoi pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated, authorities said. 

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