'They Just Crashed Out': New Videos Capture Moments Surrounding Deadly South Jersey Police Chase

WEST DEPTFORD, NJ — New video released by the Office of the Attorney General shows the West Deptford police chase that ended in the death of an Uber driver on Nov. 9, 2025.

Officers were responding to a report of two men who were intoxicated in a car before being led on a pursuit by a 24-year-old illegal immigrant behind the wheel, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"They just crashed out," one officer can be heard saying in the redacted video from behind the suspect's vehicle.

"I have entrapment and unconscious...I have three unconscious people," another officer relayed to the dispatch center.

Along with the dashcam footage from patrol vehicles, surveillance footage in the area showed a speeding car plow into another that was being driven by Jose M. Martinez, 42 of Lindenwold, who died at the scene.

His family was given the opportunity to review the recordings before they were released, officials added.

Martinez, a grandfather and native of the Dominican Republic, had just finished his shift at his day job when he was hit by the driver who sped through a red light at the intersection of Hessian Avenue and Red Bank Avenue.

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A passenger in Martinez's car also fractured her leg.

Authorities said Linard reached 86 miles per hour at the point of impact in a 30 miles per hour zone.

Linard was left with serious injuries, and a passenger in his car dislocated his hip.

A range of legal matters have followed in the case, including law enforcement discovering that Linard, a resident of the United Kingdom, initially gave them a fake ID with the name "Steve Hall."

Authorities first identified him as Hall but later discovered his real name after learning that he was dodging a warrant for charges in Bergen County, according to prosecutors.

Linard has been removed from the United States before.

According to ICE, his real name is Steve Peker and "George Linard" is another alias.

Linard is charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree eluding, second-degree death by auto, four counts of second-degree aggravated assault, and one count of fourth-degree fraudulent possession of a government license.

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