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Gianna Nicole Palmieri, 16, was in a Toyota with her friend, Kaitlyn Edwards, on Jan. 30 when a Hyundai in the opposite lane crashed into their car in Little Egg Harbor Township, according to prosecutors and several GoFundMe pages.
Teen Girl Dies From Little Egg Harbor Crash Injuries, Man Charged
A Manahawkin man has been charged with Aggravated Manslaughter and Vehicular Homicide after one of the two teenage girls involved in a traffic accident has died of her injuries.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer has announced that charges have been filed against Michael Pillarella, 26, of Manahawkin for the January 30 accident on Radio Road in Little Egg Harbor Township.
Billhimer says the juvenile girl, a passenger in the second vehicle, died of her injuries Tuesday.
Here are the details of the crash, according to Billhimer:
On January 30, 2021, at approximately 9:45 p.m., officers from the Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department responded to the area of Radio Road and Baltusrol Court for a report of a two-vehicle crash with serious injuries. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and Little Egg Harbor Police Department revealed that a 2017 Hyundai Elantra,
The speeding driver in a head-on crash is now charged with manslaughter after a high school passenger in the other car died on Tuesday, authorities said.Michael Pillarella, 26, of the Manahawkin section of Stafford, has been newly charge.
The Manahawkin man behind the wheel in an accident that injured two teens in Little Egg Harbor last month has his charges upgraded to Aggravated Manslaughter and Vehicular Homicide after one of the young women passed away on Tuesday at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said Tuesday that their ongoing investigation led them to evidence that Michael Pillarella, 26,
charges of Aggravated Assault and Assault By Auto, was driving 74-MPH when he couldn t negotiate a turn near Radio Road and Baltusrol Court and ended up striking another vehicle.
“As a consequence of this juvenile succumbing to her injuries from the January 30th crash, the charges against Pillarella have been upgraded to Aggravated Manslaughter and Vehicular Homicide. Additionally, further investigation has revealed that Pillarella was operating his motor vehicle at an excessive rate of speed, approximately 74 miles per hour at the time of the crash. Pillarella has als