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Charges Upgraded For 20-Year-Old Man After Pedestrian Dies In Hudson County Hit-Run Crash Charges Upgraded For 20-Year-Old Man After Pedestrian Dies In Hudson County Hit-Run Crash
Charges Upgraded For 20-Year-Old Man After Pedestrian Dies In Hudson County Hit-Run Crash Charges were upgraded for two people arrested in a hit-and-run crash after the victim died over the weekend, authorities in Hudson County said. Samuel Collazo, a 20-year-old Westfield resident, was identified as the driver of the motorcycle that struck Angel Guzman Morales, 54, of Union City, last Saturday, Aug. 17, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Collazo was initially charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a crash resulting in serious bodily injury, endangering an injured victim, receiving stolen property, and unlawful taking, Suarez said. After Morales died on Saturday,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Video Shows Erratic Driver, 25, Fleeing NJ Scene After Seriously Injuring Trio: Cops Video Shows Erratic Driver, 25, Fleeing NJ Scene After Seriously Injuring Trio: Cops
Video Shows Erratic Driver, 25, Fleeing NJ Scene After Seriously Injuring Trio: Cops A 25-year-old pickup truck driver from Passaic was captured on camera erratically leaving the scene of a crash in Hudson County where authorities said he struck two pedestrians and a vehicle, leaving three victims seriously injured. Luis Tubac-Socoy was behind the wheel of a Ford F350 when he struck a Honda CRV around 9:50 p.m. along Port Imperial Boulevard Friday, July 5, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. After striking the Honda, Tubac-Socoy struck two pedestrians as he fled the scene, according to Suarez. Both pedestrians, a 78-year-old North Bergen woman and a 70-ye…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says
NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says A New Jersey police officer who has been on the force for just under a decade has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that critically injured an 18-year-old bicyclist last month, authorities said. Christopher Bucceroni, 28, a Gloucester Township police officer from West Deptford, was off-duty and driving his personally-owned vehicle, a 2020 Toyota RAV4, when he struck the 18-year-old bicyclist around 2:30 a.m. June 20, on Erial Road and Blackwood-Clementon Road, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said alongside Bucceroni's chief, David Harkins. Bucceroni, a nine-…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine