2 woman killed in hit-and-run crash while walking home from…

Pedestrian Hit Newark New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey: A 26-year-old man struck two women with his car while they were using a crosswalk in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday night after leaving a World Cup watch party, then fled the scene. The women, ages 58 and 61, were thrown airborne and taken to University Hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The suspect, David J. Zapata-Vera of Newark, surrendered to police on Tuesday and was charged with two counts of second-degree vehicular homicide, two counts of second-degree leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, and two counts of third-degree endangering an injured victim.