{"id":366570,"date":"2026-10-07T04:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366570\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T04:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:42:19","slug":"linden-crash-darryl-petlock-arrested-charged-in-nj-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366570\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden crash: Darryl Petlock arrested, charged in NJ accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

LINDEN, New Jersey (WABC) — The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating a four-car crash<\/a> in the residential neighborhood of Linden that critically injured two parents and put their 3-month-old baby in a coma.<\/p>\n

Police say 48-year-old Darryl Petlock was alluding police and suddenly sped into oncoming traffic on East Linden Avenue around 3 p.m. on Monday while trying to pass a pickup truck and then slammed his Jeep Grand Cherokee head-on into the family’s Honda Civic.<\/p>\n

Linden’s mayor says the crash followed some kind of police pursuit that started outside the city.<\/p>\n

Petlock was taken into custody and transported to a local hospital.<\/p>\n

He has been arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree eluding, five counts of second-degree aggravated assault while eluding, and three counts of fourth-degree assault by auto.<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

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