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Man Gets 10 Years For Fatal Jersey City Crash: Prosecutors

Jose Colon, a 33-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for driving drunk in a crash that killed one person, authorities said.

Jose Colon

Jose Colon

Photo Credit: Hudson County Prosecutor's Office

On Feb. 28, 2001, Colon was driving a 1996 Honda Civic at a high rate of speed on Christopher Columbus Drive near Merseles Street in Jersey City when he struck a guard rail, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. His passenger, 30-year-old Jesus Gonzalez, was pronounced dead at the scene, Suarez said.

Colon had pleaded guilty to first-degree death by auto for driving while intoxicated in April, Suarez said.

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