Charges Filed In Accident That Killed Howell Man: Police

A man has been charged in connection with a fatal accident that killed a Howell man in South Jersey over the summer, authorities announced.

William Dunbar, 25, of Nutley, has been charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter and second-degree vehicular homicide in the death of 34-year-old Christopher Pappas, of Howell.

The charges come after toxicology tests performed on blood drawn from Dunbar after the accident, along with other evidence gatherred during the course of the investigation, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Police Chief Stephen Riedener.

Further information concerning those results and that evidence wass not provided by the prosecutor's office.

Dunbar was driving faster than 100 mph on Route 73 north in Mount Laurel when he rear-ended another car driving in the same direction near Church Road on Aug. 19, according to authorities.

Because Dunbar was driving so fast, the force of the impact caused Pappas’s car to spin, flip over and strike a utility pole before coming to a rest, authorities said. Pappas was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no passengers in either car.

Dunbar surrendered at the Mount Laurel Police Department on Thursday, Nov. 8. He was later lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly. He will have a first appearance in Superior Court in the near future.

The attached image of William Dunbar was provided by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.