Crime & Safety
Jersey City Woman Charged In 2-Car Crash That Seriously Injured Man
A Jersey City woman was charged with assault by auto in a crash that seriously injured a man last November, prosecutors said.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — A Jersey City woman was arrested on Thursday in connection with a two-car crash last November that critically injured a Pennsylvania man, prosecutors said Friday.
Maria Molesky, 34, of Jersey City, was charged with aggravated assault and assault by auto, said the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office on Friday.
Prosecutors said that around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 15, the Kearny police responded to a crash near the Newark-Jersey City Turnpike and Fish House Road. Police found that a Jeep Compass driven by Molesky had struck a Ford F-150.
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The driver of the Ford, a 56-year-old Pennsylvania man suffered serious injuries, police said.
Molesky was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus on Thursday and taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility to await her first court appearance, prosecutors said.
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