Wife Indicted In Accident That Killed Her Husband In Delran: Cops

A 37-year-old Mount Laurel woman has been indicted in connection with an accident that killed her husband in Delran in 2017, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced.

Tameka Lawson, 38, was indicted on one count of first-degree vehicular homicide in the death of 38-year-old Jamar Rentie, according to authorities. Rentie died when their car struck a utility pole and flipped over in a wooded area in Delran in November 2017, authorities said.

Rentie was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred at about 11:15 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, in the 100 block of Hartford Road. He was a front-seat passenger in a car being driven south on Hartford Road by Lawson.

They were both extricated from the car by the Delran Fire Department. Lawson was taken by the Delran Emergency Squad to Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County in Willingboro, where she was released after an evaluation.

She was initially charged after the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office received the results of toxicology tests conducted on blood drawn from Lawson following the crash. The indictment was returned on Feb. 19 and signed by First Assistant Prosecutor Philip S. Aronow. An arraignment will be scheduled soon in Superior Court in Mount Holly.

The criminal charge against Lawson was filed after the Prosecutor’s Office received the results of toxicology tests conducted on blood that was drawn from her following the crash.

The case was presented to the Grand Jury by Assistant Prosecutor Thaddeus E. Drummond, who oversees the BCPO Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit. The death was investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Delran Township Police Department.

The lead investigators were BCPO Major Crimes Unit Detective Brian Miller and Delran Township Police Detective Dennis M. Rooney.