NJ’s Freehold Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday that a former Ocean County resident has been charged in connection with a tragic multi-vehicle accident in Howell in 2022.
Former Jackson Township resident Drew Peterson, 34, of Jensen Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of second-degree vehicular manslaughter. The indictment was issued on Wednesday, October 30, after a forensic toxicologist conducted a thorough evaluation. On Monday, November 18, Peterson returned to New Jersey and was processed.
Around 12:05 a.m. on Friday, March 11, 2022, the occurrence took place. On Route 33, west of the Colts Neck Road intersection, Peterson was driving a 2004 Ford F150 pickup west when it crossed the centerline and collided with a 2004 Kia Rio. The pickup then collided head-on with a 2010 Dodge Challenger driven by 50-year-old Robert C. Johnson of Neptune Township as it continued in the wrong direction. Peterson was ejected as the truck overturned due to the collision.
Johnson was declared deceased on the spot after the
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