JERSEY CITY DRIVER CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH SINGLE CAR COLLISION IN JERSEY CITY NEW JERSEY
" Jose Colon Of Jersey City, New Jersey Has Been Charged With First Degree Aggravated Manslaughter In Connection With The Sunday, February 28, 2021 Single Car Crash."
August 26, 2021 By: Englebrook Independent News,
JERSEY CITY, NJ.- On Thursday, August 26, 2021 Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced that on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Regional Collision Investigation Unit arrested the driver in a Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision on Christopher Columbus Drive at the Merseles split, in Jersey City, New Jersey that killed a 30-year-old Jersey City man in late February.
Jose Colon, 31, of Jersey City, New Jersey was arrested and charged at approximately 12:30 p.m. at The Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City, New Jersey where he turned himself in with his attorney. He was charged with First Degree Aggravated Manslaughter; and First Degree Vehicular Homicide/Driving While Intoxicated On or Near School Property.
On Sunday, February 28, 2021, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Jersey City Police and the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit responded to a serious motor vehicle crash that occurred on Christopher Columbus Drive near the Merseles Street split in Jersey City, New Jersey.
According to the initial investigation, the driver was traveling westbound on Columbus Drive approaching the roadway split when his vehicle, a 1996 Honda Civic, struck the attenuator protected guard rail. The passenger, later identified as Jesus Gonzalez, 30, of Jersey City, New Jersey was found in a lifeless condition at the scene. The driver was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center in critical condition.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, Which States: The Charges Contained In This Publication Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
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