The driver in a Weehawken hit-and-run earlier this month is now facing additional charges, including endangering an injured victim, authorities said.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Luis Tubac-Socoy, 25, of Passaic, is charged with three counts of aggravated assault, eight counts of endangering an injured victim, causing serious injury while driving unlicensed, and five counts of assault by auto, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez.
He was arrested on Monday, July 15th, at the Hudson County Correctional Facility where he has been detained since the collision.
At approximately 9:50 p.m. on July 5th, the Weehawken Police Department was notified of a collision in the area of Avenue at Port Imperial and Port Imperial Boulevard. Responding officers located a damaged Honda CRV near Port Imperial Boulevard and Henley Place.
Officers found the Honda had been struck by a Ford F350. After striking the Honda, the driver of the Ford fled the scene, striking three pedestrians a short distance away. The driver drove from the second collision scene, later exiting the vehicle and fleeing on foot.
Two of the pedestrians, a 78-year-old North Bergen woman and a 70-year-old woman from Florida, as well as one passenger of the Honda, an 80-year-old North Bergen woman, were seriously injured.
The third pedestrian and four other occupants of the Honda suffered minor injuries.
The Weehawken PD identified the driver of the Ford as Tubac-Socoy during the preliminary investigation.
He was arrested and charged with three counts of assault by auto, two counts of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision resulting in serious bodily injury, and one count of aggravated assault, as well as being issued multiple motor vehicle summonses.
Suarez credited the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and the Weehawken PD with the arrest and investigation.
