FREEHOLD – A Matawan woman has been charged in connection with leaving the scene of an accident that left a pedestrian deceased in Aberdeen last month, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.
Sonia Gomez, 64, was charged with one count of second-degree Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Crash.
On Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at approximately 7:24 p.m., members of the Aberdeen Police Department responded to the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and 2nd Street for a report of a pedestrian struck. Upon arrival, officers discovered a 58-year-old female pedestrian in the roadway.
The pedestrian was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for treatment, where she would later succumb to her injuries on Sunday, September 29.
The pedestrian was identified as Judith Fox-Hernandez, of Aberdeen.
An investigation by members of the Monmouth County Serious Collision Analysis Response Team (SCART), the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office – Major Crimes Bureau, and the Aberdeen Police Department determined that Fox-Hernandez was struck by a 2015 Honda Pilot, driven by Gomez. Gomez did not stop at the time of the crash at the scene, nor did she report the collision to law enforcement.
The case is being prosecuted by Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Luciano of the MCPO Major Crimes Bureau.
Gomez is represented by Harold C. Baker, Esq., of Fair Haven.
Despite these charges, every defendant is presumed innocent, unless and until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, following a trial at which the defendant has all of the trial rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and State law.
