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BREAKING NEWS: Driver in fatal crash charged
TEXT SIZE By: DANIELLE CAMILLI
Burlington County Times
MOUNT HOLLY Â*— The driver of a fatal car accident that claimed the life of a middle-school teacher Wednesday was charged today for leaving the scene of the crash at Troth Road and Route 70 in Evesham.
Jose Luis Galindo-Sanchez, 26, of 19th Street in Camden, was charged with hindering apprehension, obstruction of justice and witness tampering, Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi announced today.
His brother, Lucio Garcia-Sanchez, 19, also of 19th Street in Camden, was charged as a material witness. He was a passenger in the truck that struck the car driven by Amy Voorhees, 27, of Evesham.
Voorhees, a teacher at Evesham’s DeMasi Middle School, was on her way to work and died at the scene of the 7 a.m. crash.
The brothers are being held in the Burlington County Jail and are due in court this afternoon.
The investigation revealed that immediately after the crash, the driver, Galindo-Sanchez, advised his brother to leave the scene in an effort to thwart law enforcement from collecting information regarding the incident, the prosecutor said.
Law enforcement authorities found Garcia-Sanchez walking away from the collision site approximately a quarter-mile from the intersection.
The brothers are from Mexico and are in the United States illegally. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed detainers on both men, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
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associated with the operation of the pickup truck being driven by the suspect, Bernardi said.
The brothers were on their way to work for a sprinkler company in Medford at the time of the crash, authorities said.
Their pickup truck, which was eastbound on Route 70, broadsided a Voorhees’ car, which was heading north on Troth Road.
Sources familiar with the accident said the pickup truck ran the red light at the intersection and caused the collision. Authorities declined to specify which vehicle had the green light.
Voorhees taught seventh-grade language arts and was also a softball coach at DeMasi.
She is the 11th motor vehicle fatality in Burlington County this year, according to New Jersey State Police statistics.
The incident is being investigated by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office, the Evesham Police Department and the New Jersey State Police.
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April 09, 2009 01:37 PM
