'The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office needs to apply the full extent of the law here.'
in North Bergen and then drove 22 blocks before stopping may not face charges in the gruesome crash.
Cortes Garcia struck the woman with the right front side of the tractor trailer and the vehicles rear wheels crushed her as he continued south on the four-lane state highway also known at Route 1&9. This incident was the fourth death on Tonnelle Avenue this year. Cortes Garcia has not been charged criminally or cited with any motor vehicle violations, but the prosecutor’s office said the crash investigation is active “to determine if it is criminal in nature.”
“I’d be willing to bet that he never saw her,” said Walz, a former assistant district attorney. “You have to know for it to be a crime. He is 10 feet above her. It’s a truck, it’s not a car. I’m not saying he shouldn’t have seen her. I’m just saying you have to look at it from a different angle.” “This person is a commercial driver who should have extensive professional experience maneuvering a large vehicle.”
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