PHILADELPHIA MAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR 2020 FATAL CRASH
" Jonathan Ramos Sentenced To 6-Years In New Jersey State Prison For A Charge Of Second Degree Leaving The Scene Of A Fatal Crash That Occurred On The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge."
October 15, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
MOUNT HOLLY, NJ.- On Thursday, October 14, 2021 Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Philadelphia man who was traveling at a high rate of speed on the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge late last year was Sentenced Wednesday to Six Years in New Jersey State Prison for his role in causing a Five Car Collision that killed one of the drivers.
The sentence was handed down in Superior Court by The Honorable Philip E. Haines, J.S.C. to Jonathan Ramos, 29, who Pled Guilty in July to Second Degree Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Accident, as well as Traffic Summonses for Speeding and Driving with a Suspended License.
The investigation began on December 28, 2020, at approximately 7:00 p.m., when Members of The Burlington County Bridge Commission Police Department responded to the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge for a report of a multi-vehicle crash.
Upon arrival, Police Officers observed a heavily damaged Honda Civic and discovered that the driver had been killed by the collision. The decedent was identified as Gerardo Francisco Perez Martinez, 35, of Camden, New Jersey.
The investigation determined that Mr. Ramos and Brandon Moore, 24, of Philadelphia, were both heading west toward the bridge and, after exiting the toll booth, began speeding across the span without regard for the safety of other motorists.
Bridge surveillance video and witness statements concluded that Mr. Moore, who was driving a 2018 Dodge Charger, struck the passenger side of Mr. Ramos’s 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which forced his vehicle into another lane and led to the fatal collision with Mr. Martinez.
Multiple motorists sustained injuries in the crash, and were transported to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey for treatment.
The investigation determined that Mr. Moore reached a top speed of 112 mph, and Mr. Ramos at one point was traveling at 106 mph. The posted speed on the bridge is 45 mph.
Following the collision, Mr. Ramos exited his vehicle and walked away from the crash scene. He first asked another motorist to call his cell phone because he was unable to locate it in the wreckage. Police later recovered Mr. Ramos’s phone inside the vehicle he was driving.
Mr. Moore Pled Guilty in September to Second Degree Vehicular Homicide and Third Degree Assault by Auto. During that proceeding, Mr. Moore acknowledged causing the Fatal Crash after losing control of his vehicle while driving aggressively and pursuing the Jeep Grand Cherokee being driven by Mr. Ramos. He is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
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