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Somerset County Lawyer Charged In Fatal Drunken Crash in NY: Reports

The attorney, from Somerset, was driving the wrong way on the highway, the reports said.

SOMERSET, NJ — An attorney from Somerset has been charged with drunken driving after a fatal head-on crash on Staten Island, according to reports.

Shannon Theodore, 36, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated in connection with an Oct. 10 crash that killed a 66-year-old home health aide, the Staten Island Advance reported.

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The report said she was driving a 2019 Range Rover Velar north in the southbound lane of the West Shore Expressway when she hit a 2025 Kia Seltos head-on about 5:35 a.m.

The Range Rover and Kia were then hit by a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Nathaly Costa, 21, of Sayreville, the report said.

The crash killed Duck Park of Staten Island, the report said.

Costa also was charged with driving while intoxicated, the Daily Voice reported.

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