MyCentralJersey.com
RARITAN BOROUGH – A 56-year-old Bridgewater man is facing additional charges in connection with allegedly driving drunk and fatally hitting an Arizona woman out for a run while she was stopped in a marked crosswalk.
Betyeman was driving a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado and traveling eastbound on Old York Road around 3:30 p.m. Sept. 18 when his vehicle struck and killed 60-year-old Celeste Andresen, of San Manuel, Arizona, authorities said. At the time of the collision, Andresen was attempting to cross Old York Road near Woodmere Street was in a well-marked crosswalk, according to the criminal complaint.
Betyeman’s blood-alcohol concentration was above the legal limit of 0.08% BAC several hours after the collision, and he denied having consumed any alcohol or intoxicating substances when asked by police at the scene, authorities said.