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British Man Charged With Death by Auto After Police Pursuit Crash in West Deptford

A joint state-county probe examines the police pursuit preceding the fatal collision.

Overview

  • Prosecutors identified the driver as Steve Hall, 28, of Waltham Cross, England.
  • He faces second-degree death by automobile and related counts, including two fourth-degree assault by automobile charges.
  • Authorities say officers sought to stop the vehicle after a report of two intoxicated men at a Hessian Avenue gas station.
  • Charging documents allege Hall drove into the wrong lane and struck another car near Red Bank and Hessian avenues, killing the driver and injuring passengers.
  • Hall and his passenger were injured, a witness reported the car moving at a high rate of speed before impact, and the Attorney General’s Office along with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating.