State Police ID Hit-Run Driver Who Allegedly Killed Pedestrian In South Jersey

New Jersey State Police have identified the driver allegedly involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed an 80-year-old pedestrian.

Stagecoach Road
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Jon Craig

01/04/2023 12:41 p.m.

Hugo M. Maucher, 50, of Upper Township, was arrested and charged with knowingly leaving the scene of an mv accident resulting in death, State Police said Wednesday, Jan. 4.

Marjorie Straubmuller, of the Ocean View section of Dennis Township, was hit by an SUV near the Upper Township Seniior Center at the intersection of Stagecoach Road and Brewhause Lane in Upper Township on Thursday, Dec. 29, State Police said.

Witnesses saw a man in the SUV at about 6:30 p.m. at the crash scene, but he fled before state troopers arrived.

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