READINGTON, N.J. (AP) - A Connecticut man has been charged with vehicular homicide and driving under the influence after a crash killed a New Jersey man.
The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon on Route 202 northbound in Readington Township.
Prosecutors and police in Hunterdon County say a Chevy pickup truck driven by Joe Holmes of Willimantic crashed into the back of a Volkswagen GTI driven by 57-year-old Wilson Sumbana of South Bound Brook.
Sumbana was pronounced dead at Hunterdon Medical Center.
The 57-year-old Holmes, who was uninjured, also was charged with reckless driving. He was being held in the Somerset County jail.
It wasn’t immediately known if Holmes had retained an attorney.
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