Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Caldwell Police Chief James H. Bongiorno announced today that the Caldwell Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating a fatal single car crash.
According to authorities at approximately 11:30 pm yesterday a driver and two passengers were traveling southbound on Mountain Avenue near Hatfield Street in a 2015 Ford Mustang when they crashed into a telephone pole and a tree.
The front seat passenger, Theo Walsh, 23, of East Orange was killed.
The driver and the back seat passenger sustained serious injuries and are hospitalized in critical condition.
Their names are not being released at this time. Authorities said one of the victims is an 18-year-old and the other is 22 -years-old.
Both are college students from Newark.
The investigation is active an ongoing.