More Charges Filed Against Driver, 25, In Hudson County Crash: Prosecutor

A 25-year-old Passaic resident has been hit with additional charges in a car crash earlier this month in Weehawken that seriously injured three people.

A vehicle damaged following multiple crashes in Weehawken on Friday, July 5.
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Sam Barron

07/16/2024 3:57 p.m.

Luis Tubac-Socoy faces charges of aggravated assault, endangering an injured victim and assault by automobile, among others following the Friday, July 5 crash, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.

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At 9:50 p.m., a crash occurred at Avenue at Port Imperial and Port Imperial Boulevard between a Ford F350 and a Honda CRV, Suarez said. After striking the Honda, Tubac-Socoy fled the scene, striking three pedestrians, Suarez said. Tubac-Socoy then fled the second crash scene, exiting his vehicle and fleeing on foot, Suarez said.

Two of the pedestrians, a 78-year-old North Bergen woman and a 70-year-old woman from Florida, as well as one passenger of the Honda, an 80-year-old North Bergen woman, were seriously injured, Suarez said. The third pedestrian and four other occupants of the Honda suffered minor injuries, Suarez said.

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