Man indicted in deaths of Burlco couple in car crash
Amish Patel allegedly caused the crash that killed Janet and Robert Stephens of Burlington Township.
A 30-year-old Delanco man has been indicted in the deaths of a Burlington City married couple in a car crash last year, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said Wednesday.
Amish Patel was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated manslaughter and two counts of second-degree vehicular homicide, Coffina said.
Patel was allegedly driving while intoxicated and speeding when his BMW 440 struck a minivan in the jughandle at Route 130 northbound and Bridgeboro Road in Willingboro Township around 4:30 p.m. Jan. 13, 2018, killing Janet Stephens, 50, and her husband, Robert, 52.
The force of the impact propelled the couple’s minivan down an embankment into a body of water. Rescuers pulled their bodies from the submerged vehicle but could not resuscitate them.