Crime & Safety
Somerset County Lawyer Charged In Fatal Drunken Crash in NY: Reports
The attorney, from Somerset, was driving the wrong way on the highway, the reports said.
SOMERSET, NJ — An attorney from Somerset has been charged with drunken driving after a fatal head-on crash on Staten Island, according to reports.
Shannon Theodore, 36, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated in connection with an Oct. 10 crash that killed a 66-year-old home health aide, the Staten Island Advance reported.
The report said she was driving a 2019 Range Rover Velar north in the southbound lane of the West Shore Expressway when she hit a 2025 Kia Seltos head-on about 5:35 a.m.
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The Range Rover and Kia were then hit by a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Nathaly Costa, 21, of Sayreville, the report said.
The crash killed Duck Park of Staten Island, the report said.
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Costa also was charged with driving while intoxicated, the Daily Voice reported.
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