SADDLE BROOK — Two New York men changing a flat tire on the side of an I-80 exit were killed Sunday morning by an allegedly drunk driver who is now charged with vehicular homicide, state police said. Wilfredo Pena stopped his Lincoln Towncar on a striped section of the roadway between exits 62B and 62A – an area between...
Two men from New York changing a flat tire on the side of I-80 were killed by an allegedly drunk driver early Sunday morning. The driver was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide.SADDLE BROOK — Two New York men changing a flat tire on the side of an I-80 exit were killed Sunday morning by an allegedly drunk driver who is now charged with vehicular homicide, state police said.
Wilfredo Pena stopped his Lincoln Towncar on a striped section of the roadway between exits 62B and 62A – an area between two active roadways – according to Sgt. Brian Polite. Both Pena and Segundo Fernandez-Urena, his passenger, got out to change the flat.
At about 2:39 a.m., Jacob Cintron, a 29-year-old Lodi resident, lost control of his Hyundai as he was taking the 62B exit, and crashed into the side of the car where the two men were changing the tire. Both Pena – 43, of the Bronx – and Fernandez-Urena – 28, of Bayshore, N.Y. – were pronounced dead at the scene shortly afterward.
Cintron was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, and driving while intoxicated, Polite said. He was taken to the Bergen County Jail, and bail was set at $125,000 with no 10-percent option.