Father killed, his 2 children hurt in wrong-way crash
A Trenton man was killed and his two children were injured early Sunday morning when a Camden man driving in the wrong lane hit their car head-on in Hamilton Township, a state police spokesman said.
A Trenton man was killed and his two children were injured early Sunday morning when a Camden man driving in the wrong lane hit their car head-on in Hamilton Township, a state police spokesman said.
Jorge Deleon, 28, was pronounced dead at the crash site on Route 29, police said. He was driving north on Route 29 when his silver Nissan Quest was hit by a blue Dodge Durango driven south in the northbound lane by Manuel Gutierrez-Vazquez, 27, Sgt. Adam Grossman said.
Deleon's 6-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter were taken to Helene Fuld Medical Center in Trenton with serious injuries. The girl was transferred to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with life-threatening injuries, Grossman said.
Gutierrez-Vazquez, who was treated at Helene Fuld and released, was charged with death by auto, aggravated assault, operating a motor vehicle while unlicensed, and causing death or serious bodily injury.
He was being held in the Mercer County Correction Center with bail set at $250,000.