A 21-year-old man has been charged with a fatal North Bergen crash that killed a 34-year-old woman back in May, Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello announced.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Mahmoud Khalifa, 21, of Clifton, is charged with aggravated manslaughter, death by auto, five counts of assault by auto, and causing death while driving suspended, Mello said in a statement.
He was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.
Shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 30th, the North Bergen Police Department was notified of a multi-vehicle crash in the area of Tonnelle Avenue and 70th Street.
Responding officers located four damaged vehicles – a tractor trailer, an Alfa Romeo Giulia, a Hyundai Tucson, and a BMW 435i driven by the defendant.
The driver of the Hyundai Tuscan – later identified as Karen Velasquez-Ochoa, 34, of North Bergen – was found unresponsive in the vehicle and pronounced dead.
Four occupants of the Alfa Romeo and a passenger in the Khalifa’s car were treated for injuries, authorities said.
