Nicholas Gomes pled guilty to vehicular homicide and driving under the influence in connection with the Nov. 9, 2014 accident on Route 9 that killed his passenger, Brandon Narleski of Parlin.
SAYREVILLE - A 20-year-old Sayreville man admitted Friday that he caused a drunken-driving crash that killed his 19-year-old passenger, said Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey.
Nicholas Gomes pled guilty to vehicular homicide and driving under the influence in connection with the Nov. 9, 2014 accident on Route 9 that killed his passenger, Brandon Narleski of Parlin.
Gomes will be sentenced to up to 10 years in state prison and must serve 85 percent of his term under an agreement reached with Middlesex County Prosecutor Allysa Gambarella, Carey said in a statement.
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Gomes will be sentenced Nov. 12 in New Brunswick, the prosecutor said.
The prosecutor said Gomes was traveling south on Route 9 near Bordentown Avenue when the 1997 Mercedes E-420 he was driving struck the concrete highway divider shortly before 10:53 p.m.
Gomes' front-seat passenger was thrown from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:14 p.m., the prosecutor said.
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