MANTUA TOWNSHIP, NJ — One person is dead and a driver is facing criminal charges after a major accident that happened in Mantua Township, New Jersey on Sunday, April 29th, 2014, according to a news report from NJ.
Officials have reason to believe that 74-year-old Katherine Steponik was killed when vehicel she was a pssenger in was struck by a Mercedes Benz that was driving near the intersection of Holly Avenue and Lambs Road. It is not immediately clear what happened in the accident from the news report.
Scene of the Accident
Responders transported Katherine Steponik was taken by paramedics to nearby Cooper University Hospital where she died a short while after she arrived.
The investigation into the accident is ongoing.
Commentary:
I’ve said from the beginning that the only way the drunk driving problem can be really addressed is when both bars and drunk drivers are punished right along side the alleged drunk driver. Luckily many states have what those in the legal profession call ‘liquor liability laws’, that open the bars that over-serve drunk drivers to liability in the event one of their customers gets in an alcohol-related accident. If there were a way to throw a bar in a jail cell right next to the driver, I’d be all for it, unfortunately no such thing is possible, and the only way to take a bar to task for the negligent service of alcohol is through a civil action.
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