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Driver charged in fatal Parkway crash offered good Samaritan a reward to help him flee, cops say
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
An Essex County man was arrested after investigators say he caused a fatal crash on the Garden State Parkway on Monday and then offered a good Samaritan a reward to take him away from the scene.
Ronaldo Godwin, 43, of Newark, was charged with second-degree death by auto and second-degree witness tampering after the crash that killed 46-year-old Christopher Meikle of East Orange, authorities said.
The crash occurred about 2:45 a.m. in the southbound lanes near mile marker 136 in Clark, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Armando Suarez and New Jersey State Police.
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A 43-year-old Newark man has been charged with causing a deadly crash earlier this week on the Garden State Parkway then trying to cover up his role in it, authorities said.
Ronaldo Godwin was heading southbound behind the wheel of a Range Rover when he struck a Lexus SUV driven by Christopher Meikle, of East Orange, at a high rate of speed around 2:45 a.m. Feb. 15, members of the Union County Prosecutors Office said.
Responding New Jersey State troopers found 46-year-old Meikle s SUV engulfed in flames near the highway s center median shortly before 2:45 a.m. near mile marker 136 in Clark, said Union County Assistant Prosecutor Armando Suarez, who is prosecuting the case.
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1 killed, 1 seriously hurt in Garden State Parkway crash, cops say
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
One man was killed and another seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Monday on the southbound Garden State Parkway in Union County, authorities said.
The crash took place at about 2:40 a.m. near milepost 136.3 in Clark, State Police said. The driver of an SUV was taken to University Hospital in Newark, while the the driver of the other vehicle was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-Rahway.
The identity of the deceased driver has not been released pending family notification. Additional details about the crash were not immediately available as State Police investigate its cause.