Officials in New Jersey have revealed the identities of the man who was killed in a Gloucester County crash earlier this month as well as the officer who tried to stop the car that ultimately led to the crash.
The incident unfolded on Nov. 9 just after 5:30 p.m. when a worker at PNS Gas and Food Mart called police to report two men who were drunk, officials said.
When the officers got to the gas station, they saw a white car drive away that matched the description given by the worker, police said.
As the white car drove off onto Hessian Road, West Deptford Police patrolman Conor Goggin was in a marked patrol car and turned on his emergency lights to try and stop the driver, officials explained.
The white car did not stop, but moved onto the wrong side of the road before crashing into a second car at the intersection of Red Bank and Hessian avenues in West Deptford Township just before 6 p.m., police reported.
The driver of the other car was killed in the crash, officials said. He was identified as 42-year-old Jose Martinez-Peguero.
The passenger of Martinez’s car was left hurt with a broken leg, officials said.
Police had originally identified the driver of the white car as 28-year-old Steve Hall, of Waltham Cross, United Kingdom, according to the prosecutor’s office.
But, after Hall was charged with death by auto and assault by auto, investigators discovered on Nov. 12 that this was not his true identity, officials said.
According to the prosecutor’s office, his true name is George Linard.
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