A man from the United Kingdom was charged with the death of a driver after allegedly fleeing from police and crashing into another car in Gloucester County on Sunday, according to the prosecutor’s office.
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.
An employee at that gas station had told NBC10 on Sunday that he called police just before the crash happened because several people were causing a disturbance there.
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, the officers in a marked patrol car turned on their emergency lights and tried to 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 and the passenger was left injured with a broken leg, officials said.
One girl who was involved in the crash was riding in an Uber and she broke her leg, according to her mother.
Her mother also told NBC10 that the Uber driver is who was killed in the crash.
A witness told officials that they saw the police lights and then saw the white car driving very fast before it crashed into the other car, police explained.
Surveillance video showed a car speeding down Hessian Avenue and then crossing through Red Bank Avenue when the crash happened.
The surveillance video also showed police arriving just seconds after the crash.
Police were able to identify the driver of the white car as 28-year-old Steve Hall, of Waltham Cross, United Kingdom, according to the prosecutor’s office. Hall was hurt in the crash and the passenger with him suffered a dislocated hip.
Hall was charged with death by auto and assault by auto, officials said.
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating the crash along with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office.
This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.
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