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Route 17 Road Rage Crash Sends Utility Pole Into Highway, Driver Charged: Police
A road rage incident on Route 17 led to a three-vehicle crash and criminal charges after two drivers initially fled the scene Thursday, Jan. 8, authorities said.
Mohamad Hammouda, a 28-year-old man from East Rutherford, was in an Acura TL when he tried to ram the victims’ vehicle, a Nissan Pathfinder, causing it to swerve off the roadway and strike a utility pole in the southbound lanes of Route 17 just before Williams Avenue at approximately 9:40 a.m., according to Lt. John Behr.
The pole came down into the roadway and caused significant damage, at which point a third vehicle, a Tesla…
Police ID Three 20-Somethings Killed In High-Speed South Jersey BMW Crash
Three people in their 20s were killed in a South Jersey crash early Saturday, Aug. 17, police said.
A 2006 BMW operated by Ian P. Rodriguez, of Millville, was heading west on Mayslanding Road at a high rate of speed when it suddenly left the roadway to the right on the approach of Panther Road around 8:25 a.m., Vineland Sgt. N. Dounoulis said.
The vehicle struck a utility pole, lost control, and overturned while striking an irrigation winch located on the farm field on the northwest corner of the intersection, Dounoulis said.
The two passengers of the vehicle, Joquan Carter, 26, and Shamer…
