By: Najla Alexander
NJ AG officials announced that their Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA), released the identities of the involved police officers, as well as video footage from a motor vehicle recorder (MVR) and a city surveillance camera related to a fatal collision between two civilian vehicles on December 19, 2025, in Ewing, during a police pursuit of one of the civilian vehicles.
The recordings are available to view here.
The identities of the individuals in the civilian vehicle involved in the pursuit, and the identity of the individual who was fatally injured in the collision, are not being released at this time as they are juveniles, NJ AG officials stated.
According to NJ AG officials, the fatal motor vehicle crash is under investigation by OPIA. The recordings are being released pursuant to policies established by the Attorney General to promote the fair, impartial, and transparent investigation of fatal police encounters. Representatives of the decedent’s family were given an opportunity to review the recordings prior to their public release.
According to the preliminary investigation, at approximately 6:24 p.m., officers from the Ewing Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting the theft of a white Kia in the area of Clover Avenue. While operating a marked police vehicle, Officer Edward Lester observed a car matching the description of the stolen Kia, NJ AG officials stated.
Officer Lester followed the Kia without activating his emergency lights or siren for some time, NJ AG officials say. While driving in the area of Coolidge and Pennington avenues, Officer Lester activated his emergency lights and siren to stop the Kia. The Kia did not stop.
According to NJ AG officials, officers Charles Wyckoff and Jason Ulrich joined the pursuit in separate marked police vehicles with their emergency lights activated. The Kia continued driving erratically and at a high speed and, while traveling northbound on Prospect Street, went through a red traffic light at the intersection of Prospect Street and Parkway Avenue.
In the intersection, the Kia collided with an uninvolved civilian vehicle, a red Subaru, that was traveling eastbound on Parkway Avenue. The Subaru contained four occupants, NJ AG officials said.
A juvenile passenger was ejected from the Subaru after it collided with the Kia and later died from injuries sustained during the crash, according to NJ AG officials. The other occupants of the Subaru were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, as was the driver of the Kia.
After the collision, the Kia crashed into the traffic signal pole at the intersection, causing the pole to fall onto the Kia and Officer Lester’s police vehicle. Officer Lester was also treated for non-life-threatening injuries, NJ AG officials said. 
NJ AG officials say the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office is handling the court matter involving the juveniles who were in the Kia.
The investigation is ongoing, and no further information is being released at this time.