South Jersey Woman Charged In Fatal Pedestrian Hit-And-Run: Prosecutor

LINDENWOLD, NJ – A South Jersey woman has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of a pedestrian in Lindenwold, authorities said.

Raquel M. Syvertson, 52, of Atco, was charged on Wednesday with knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident after turning herself in, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Lindenwold Police Chief Michael P. McCarthy, Jr. said in a joint statement.

On Dec. 8 at around 5:42 p.m., Lindenwold police were dispatched to the 600 block of South White Horse Pike for a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said in a statement.

The pedestrian was later identified as Dal B. Baruwal, 53, of Somerdale, MacAulay said.

Baruwal was treated at the scene by EMS and paramedics and was taken to Jefferson-Stratford Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at around 6:37 p.m.

Over the course of a subsequent Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Crash Response Investigation Team investigation, detectives learned that two vehicles – a light-colored Tesla sedan and a dark-colored, small SUV, possibly a Buick Encore – were involved in the accident.

Syvertson was the driver of the Tesla, MacAulay and McCarthy said. She was issued a summons and released on her own recognizance earlier this week.

Detectives are still seeking the public’s help in identifying the dark-colored SUV involved in this accident.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact Detective Samuel Funches III of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office at (856) 397-4000 or funchess@ccprosecutor.org or Detective Jesus Bonilla of the Lindenwold Police Department at (856) 784-7566 or jbonilla@Lindenwoldpd.com.

Tips can also be sent anonymously to CAMDEN.TIPS.