Iqrar Ahmad, 18, of Deptford, has been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash after allegedly striking a bicyclist Monday night on Delsea Drive, Gloucester County Prosecutor Andrew B. Johns announced.
According to documents filed in this case:
Deptford Township Police responded shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday to a report of a crash involving a bicyclist. The caller reported striking the bicyclist with their vehicle, causing the bicyclist to fall into the roadway, where they were then struck by a second vehicle. The second vehicle continued north on Delsea Drive. A witness reported the vehicle briefly stopped in the roadway before leaving the area.
Approximately two hours later, Ahmad returned to the scene and told police he was the driver of the second vehicle. He stated he observed a bicycle and another vehicle in the roadway and, while driving through the area, felt his vehicle strike an object. He told police he believed it to be a rock or other large object and continued driving. Ahmad said he later pulled over farther north, observed damage to the lower grille of his vehicle, but still did not realize what he had struck.
He then returned home and, after speaking with a family member, came back to the scene.
Ahmed was charged with one count of second-degree leaving the scene of a fatal accident. The maximum term of incarceration is 10 years in state prison.
Prosecutor Johns thanked the Major Crimes Unit, the Crime Scene Investigation Unit and the Deptford Township Police Department for the investigation leading to the arrest.
The charges contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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