SOMERVILLE, NJ (Somerset County) – A Hunterdon County man has been arrested in a deadly pedestrian crash in Somerville, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.
The crash happened on Friday, April 26, at around 6:10 p.m., near the intersection of Somerset Street and Veterans Memorial Drive, McDonald said.
An on scene investigation determined that Andres Estaban Silva, 33, of Flemington was operating a 2019 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck north on Veterans Memorial Drive making a left turn onto Somerset Street to proceed west when he struck Flordemar E. Huamani-Sanchez, 72, of Somerville, McDonald said.
Following the crash, Silva made a U-turn and left the scene east bound on Veterans Memorial Drive. A short time after the crash, he returned to the scene and parked his vehicle in a parking lot on Somerset Street near the crash site, McDonald said.
Huamani-Sanchez was transported to an area hospital with internal injuries and severe head trauma where she subsequently died from her injuries that evening, McDonald said.
Silva was arrested and charged with second-degree leaving the scene of an accident involving death. He was lodged at the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing, McDonald said.
The investigation remains on-going by Somerville Police Department, the Somerset County Collision Analysis Reconstruction Team (C.A.R.T.) and the Major Crimes Unit.
Anyone with information relating to this investigation to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100 or the Somerville Police Department at 908-725-0331 or via the STOPit app. The STOPit app allows citizens to provide anonymous reports including videos and photos.
STOPit can be downloaded to your smart phone for free at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, access code: SOMERSETNJ. Information can also be provided through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477). All anonymous STOPit reports, and Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.
