Crime & Safety
17 More Charges For NJ Man After Hit-And-Run That Hurt 3 People
Officials said the Passaic man struck a car near the Weehawken waterfront, then hit several pedestrians. Three people had serious injuries.
PASSAIC, NJ — A Passaic man faces close to two dozen criminal charges after a crash near the Weehawken waterfront, in which officials said he hit three pedestrians and another vehicle with his car.
Luis Tubac-Socoy, 25, is accused of fleeing the scene after the collision July 5, which seriously injured three senior citizens, said the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.
He has been in custody at the Hudson County Correctional Facility since the crash, and officials just announced 17 new charges against him.
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On Tuesday, officials said they charged Tubac-Socoy with eight counts of endangering an injured victim, five counts of assault by auto, three counts of aggravated assault, and a count of causing serious injury while driving unlicensed.
Officials said that at approximately 9:50 p.m. on Friday, July 5, the Weehawken Police Department was notified of a crash in the area of Avenue at Port Imperial and Port Imperial Boulevard.
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Police found a damaged Honda CRV near Port Imperial Boulevard and Henley Place, they said. They determined that a Ford F360 had struck the Honda, then "fled the scene, striking three pedestrians a short distance away," prosecutors said.
The Ford driver, identified as Tubac-Socoy, drove away from that area and then exited the vehicle and fled on foot, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said two of the pedestrians, a 78-year-old North Bergen woman and a 70-year-old Florida woman, were seriously injured. So was one passenger of the Honda, an 80-year-old North Bergen woman.
The third pedestrian and four other occupants of the Honda suffered minor injuries, prosecutors said.
Tubac-Socoy was originally charged with three counts of assault by auto, two counts of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision resulting in serious bodily injury, aggravated assault, and multiple motor vehicle charges.
Weehawken Police and the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation will continue investigating the crash.
Patch's Caren Lissner contributed to this report.
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