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Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB
Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB A Florida trucker was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in state prison for fleeing a tractor-trailer crash that killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native on Route 95 in Fort Lee last year. Joel Lasanta, 39, was captured by New Jersey State Police two days after the June 4, 2020 crash, authorities said at the time. Jada Smith had been headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another accident in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.m. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behind hers coming off the Georg…

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