72-Year-Old Woman Dies After Hit By Truck, Driver Charged In Somerville

SOMERVILLE, NJ — A Flemington mand was charged after police say he fatally hit a 72-year-old Somerville woman with his truck on Friday.

Andres Estaban Silva, 33, Hardscrabble Road, Flemington, was arrested and charged with second-degree leaving the scene of an accident involving death on April 26, announced Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.

On Friday at around 6:10 p.m., Somerville Police responded to the intersection of Somerset Street and Veterans Memorial Drive for a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle.

An investigation found that Silva was driving a 2019 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck north on Veterans Memorial Drive making a left turn onto Somerset Street to go west when he hit Flor De Maria E. Huamani-Sanchez, 72, of Mountain Avenue in Somerville, said McDonald.

Following the crash Silva made a U-turn and left the scene eastbound on Veterans Memorial Drive, said McDonald.

A short time after the crash, Silva came back and parked his vehicle in a parking lot on Somerset Street near the crash site.

Huamani-Sanchez was taken to an area hospital with internal injuries and severe head trauma where she later died from her injuries that evening.

Silva was lodged at the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing.

The investigation remains ongoing by Somerville Police Department, the Somerset County Collision Analysis Reconstruction Team (C.A.R.T.) and the Major Crimes Unit.

Anyone with information relating to this investigation is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100 or the Somerville Police Department at 908-25-0331 or via the STOPit app. The STOPit app allows citizens to provide anonymous reports including videos and photos. STOPit can be downloaded to your smart phone for free at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, access code: SOMERSETNJ.

Information can also be provided through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477). All anonymous STOPit reports, and Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.

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