A Brooklyn woman was arrested and charged with vehicle homicide relating to a car crash that happened in Chester Township on Aug. 31 that left one dead, officials said.
Ana-Maria Ciofu, 26, was charged with second-degree vehicle homicide and disorderly persons assault by auto.
At about 5:51 p.m. on Aug. 31, police were dispatched to a crash on Route 206 by the Lamerson Road and Fox Chase Road intersection. Police said a 2025 Lexus collided with a 2013 Toyota. The driver of the Toyota later died. There was a passenger in the Lexus that sustained a bodily injury from the crash, officials said.
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Ciofu is accused of “driving at an excessive rate of speed at the time of the crash,” the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said in a release, which did not state the name of the victim who died.
The defendant was released and has a pre-indictment conference on Dec. 15.
This article originally appeared on Morristown Daily Record: Brooklyn woman charged over fatal crash in Chester Township NJ