Fight Ends With 1 Woman Hitting, Killing Another With Car: NJ Cops

MERCER COUNTY, NJ - A 47-year-old Trenton woman ended an argument by hitting another woman with a car, killing her, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey said Wednesday.

Asia Brown was charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death.

Around 4:12 p.m. on Tuesday, Trenton police were dispatched to the 1400 block of West State Street, where a pedestrian was reportedly struck by a vehicle.

Officers found 67-year-old Caldner Bell of Trenton and took her to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where she was pronounced dead a short time later, Marbrey said.

An investigation revealed that, following an altercation between Bell and Brown in front of Bell’s West State Street residence, Brown drove her Lexus SUV over the curb onto the grass area between the road and the sidewalk and struck Bell with her vehicle, Marbrey said.

After striking Bell, Brown continued to accelerate the Lexus onto the front lawn of a residence and hit a house. Brown fled the scene in the vehicle on West State Street toward Newell Avenue.

A short time later, the Lexus drove through a closed construction zone where two Trenton police officers were working. The officers found that the vehicle was missing a front bumper and had a ruptured tire on the driver’s side.

While the Lexus was stopped in the area of Montgomery and East State streets, the officers approached the vehicle and conducted a motor vehicle stop.

Brown was detained without incident. The prosecutor’s office has filed a motion to detain her pending trial.

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