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Driver In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Police Officer Heading Home From Work Charged Driver In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Police Officer Heading Home From Work Charged
Driver In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Police Officer Heading Home From Work Charged A woman has been charged with vehicular homicide and assault by auto in a June 2020 crash that left a New Jersey police officer heading home from work dead. Taquaysha Bell, 29, of Trenton, was heading west on White Horse Pike on June 19, when she swerved into oncoming traffic and struck a vehicle head-on,  Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. The other driver, Michael Luko, 53, of Mays Landing. He was an officer with the New Jersey Human Services Police Department, and was traveling home from work. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he was pronounced …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Trenton Woman Charged In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Human Services Officer: Prosecutor Trenton Woman Charged In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Human Services Officer: Prosecutor
Trenton Woman Charged In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Human Services Officer: Prosecutor A 29-year-old woman from Trenton has been arrested in connection with a fatal head-on collision in South Jersey last year. The crash killed a 53-year-old police officer with the New Jersey Human Services Department, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill. On June 19, 2020, Taquaysha Bell was traveling westbound on the White Horse Pike in Hammonton and entered the oncoming lane, Shill said. Bell struck a vehicle head-on, operated by Michael Luko of Mays Landing, the prosecutor said. Luko was traveling home from his state job at the time of the crash. Luko was transported to a ne…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Police Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home From Work Mourned As Great Dad NJ Police Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home From Work Mourned As Great Dad
NJ Police Officer Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Driving Home From Work Mourned As Great Dad A 53-year-old police officer died on his way home from work when another driver crossed into his lane and hit his car head-on in Mays Landing, authorities said. Taquaysha Bell, 28, of Trenton, was heading westbound on the White Horse Pike in a  2010 Chevy Silverado when she crossed into the eastbound lane near Moss Mill Road, hitting a 2003 Honda Civic around 11:05 p.m., Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. The Civic driver, Michael Luko Sr. -- who was driving home from his job as an officer with the New Jersey Human Services Police Department -- was airlifted to  Atlan…

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by Cecilia Levine