The accident happened on Nov. 8 after the truck driver, Nohemi Farfan, 45, ran a red light, police say
SOUTH BRUNSWICK -- Police have charged a Texas tractor-trailer driver in a November accident on Route 1 that left one person dead and another seriously injured.
The accident happened on Nov. 8 after the truck driver, Nohemi Farfan, 45, ran a red light as she headed north on Route 1. Farfan swerved and hit a Ford van crossing the highway, according to Chief Raymond Hayducka of the South Brunswick Police Department.
The driver of the 2016 Ford Transit Connect, John Jermill Williams, 29, of Hampton, Georgia, was pronounced dead at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro shortly after.
A 17-year-old passenger was thrown from the van. The Philadelphia teen was hospitalized for two weeks before he was released, police said.
Farfan, of Baytown, Texas, was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for her injuries.
Farfan has been charged with reckless driving, careless driving, failure to observe traffic control device, and unsafe lane change. He could face up to 60 days in jail and have his license suspended, police said.
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