Driver Flees From Crash That Killed Passenger On Route 9: Prosecutor

A 47-year-old North Plainfield man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Woodbridge on Saturday, Oct. 25 in which the driver had fled from, authorities said.

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Cecilia Levine

10/27/2024 3:34 p.m.

Mario Ortiz Bonilla was found dead in the front passenger's seat of the 2017 Kia Sportage on Route 9 and Green Street in Woodbridge just after 9:05 a.m., Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Woodbridge PD Director Robert Hubner said.

The driver had fled the scene, Ciccone and Hubner said. Authorities did not provide further details.

The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Horvath of the Woodbridge Police Department at 732- 306-5982 or Detective Colonna of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3354.

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