Newark -- Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced today that Mr. Nafis Majette, 32, of Newark sustained fatal injuries while occupying a vehicle as a passenger during the crash.
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According to police, at approximately 2 pm today two men in a stolen Audi hit the car Majette was traveling in as a passenger.
Police say EMS rushed Majette to University Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead shortly after.
A parked Mack truck with a snow plow was hit in the collision between the stolen car and the other vehicle.
According to authorities, police charged Alan Aberden, 26, of East Orange, the driver of the car with aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, and receiving stolen property.
Police say the passenger in the stolen vehicle Quasim McRae, 24, was charged with resisting arrest and receiving stolen property.
Both sustained injuries and are currently hospitalized.
These are accusations.
All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they enter a guilty plea or are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
The investigation is active and ongoing. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.