May 6,2016
New Jersey State Police
North Bergen, N.J. – The New Jersey State Police Fatal Accident Unit, Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and personnel from Newark Station, are investigating a crash involving a Washington Township, Bergen County, police car that struck two pedestrians on the New Jersey Turnpike earlier today at approximately 1:06 a.m.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Jason Champion, 41, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Nuwnah Laroche, 34, of East Elmhurst, were traveling in a 2001 Cadillac Escalade when it became disabled on the southbound side of the roadway. Sometime later, both individuals were pedestrians in left, northbound lane in the area of milepost 115, when they were struck by a Washington Township Police car driven by 46-year-old Officer Arsenio Pecora.
According to the Washington Township Police Department, Officer Pecora was returning from training at Fort Dix at the time of the accident. The victims were pronounced deceased on scene at 4:33 a.m. via telemetry. The cause and circumstances of the crash are currently under investigation.
Plenty of questions on this one.
Yea here’s a question…135k salary and 100k pension for life…
WTF is that all about?
Who’s paying for that?
The pension system for ALL who mooch at the trough is F@&$(/$
Us all…put an END to it NOW.
And exactly how much is your annual income 11:41 am….hmmmmmm
Was Officer Arsenio Pecora given a breathalyzer at the scene?
1141… you forgot about the “stealing from our children” shtick you usually throw in…
11:41 is correct.
H.S, buddy was a cop in hometown in Bergen Co.
30 years in. Retires at 52 with an $9800 per month pension and health care for life.
How is this sustainable?
It’s not 1123 and anyone who thinks that this is going to continue because it’s ” the law ” is out of their mind. The time has come… This is going to end… The union thugs and the corrupt politicos have run this great state into the ground and the good people of nj are not paying any longer.
F U and the teacher, cop, fire horse you rode in on….PARTYS OVER.
I completely agree