Bergen County Boxer Avoids Jail Time In Drug-Fueled Crash That Killed Woman: Reports

SALEM COUNTY, NJ — A boxer who was high on fentanyl when he crashed into a car and killed a woman in 2019 will not serve jail time — infuriating her family, reports say.

Boxer Robert "Bobby" Gunn, who lived in Hackensack in 2019, was driving on Route 635 in Salem County when he crashed into a Hyundai, killing Polly Tornari, 51, of Glassboro, said a report in NJ.com. Her husband was permanently disabled and now lives in assisted living, he told Fox 29 Philadelphia this week.

Gunn's attorneys were able to delay the case over the years, and he even published his book during that time, NJ.com wrote.

The memoir, Bare Knuckle, came out in 2024.

in August he pleaded guilty to strict liability vehicular homicide, assault by auto, and driving while intoxicated, and will now get probation, NJ.com wrote.

In the Fox 29 interview this week, Robert Tornari said, "I had to sell my home, had to get rid of my vehicle. I lost the opportunity to do all the activities I really enjoy doing and I'm here in a home with people 30 to 40 years older than me."

In a hearing in Salem County, according to NJ.com, Tornari had said, “I lost the love of my life. We were married 12 years and not a day goes by that I don’t think of her and miss her."

Polly Tornari's obituary from September 2019 read, "Polly was a loving and caring wife, daughter, sister, niece, and friend to anyone and everyone she met in life."

Read more on NJ.com here.