NJ Transit bus driver charged after crash critically injures police officer
A New Jersey Transit bus driver is accused of inflicting a crash that critically injured a police officer in Essex County final month, authorities stated Monday.
Djimmy Evra, 40, of Orange, was charged with fourth-degree assault by auto with severe bodily damage within the crash final month in Roseland, in line with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Workplace.
A warrant was issued for Evra at 2 p.m. on Friday, courtroom data present. A spokesperson for the prosecutor’s workplace stated the bus driver was charged, however not arrested.
A spokesperson for NJ Transit didn’t instantly reply to a request in search of Evra’s present job standing.
Evra was dashing shortly after 4 p.m. on June 20 when he ran by a pink gentle and slammed right into a marked police automobile on the intersection of Livingston Avenue and Prudential Drive, police stated.
Marc Miller, 29, of Bloomfield, who was on obligation on the time, was airlifted to a Newark hospital.
The bus driver and three passengers had been taken to an space hospital and handled for minor accidents, officers stated.
The officer stays hospitalized, however was lately moved out of the Intensive Care Unit at College Hospital, native officers informed TapInto West Essex.
Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II referred to as the officer’s accidents the results of “a mindless accident which may have been prevented.”
“Reckless driving places lives in danger, and we are going to maintain anybody accountable who endangers public security whether or not they’re behind the wheel of a private automobile or public transportation,” Stephens stated.
A courtroom date was not listed in courtroom data, and lawyer info for Evra was not out there on Monday.
Evra did reply to a voicemail left on his cellphone in search of remark.
A GoFundMe established to assist the officer’s household has raised greater than $65,000.
Anthony G. Attrino could also be reached at tattrino@njadvancemedia.com.
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