Driver Charged In Crash That Injured 3 On Jersey City Sidewalk In 2021: Prosecutors

JERSEY CITY, NJ —A 27-year-old Jersey City woman has been charged with assault by auto and causing serious bodily injury after striking three people on a Jersey City sidewalk in the summer of 2021, prosecutors said Thursday.

The Hudson County Prosecutor's office said that Michelle Graham, 27, of Jersey City, was arrested at her home on Thursday by agents from the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, in connection with the crash on Ocean Avenue on Aug. 6, 2021.

She was charged with three counts of assault by auto and two counts of causing serious bodily injury while operating a motor vehicle, prosecutors said.

She is being held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending her first court appearance.

Prosecutors said that on Aug. 6, 2021 at approximately 5:30 p.m., the Jersey City Police Department notified the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit of multiple pedestrians struck by a 2019 Toyota Corolla on the sidewalk in front of 641-643 Ocean Ave.

A 51-year-old man, a 28-year-old woman, and a 26-year-old woman were taken to Jersey City Medical Center with serious injuries, prosecutors said.

Graham was also treated at Jersey City Medical Center for injuries.

She was issued summonses for driving while intoxicated, driving while unlicensed/suspended, and having an open container of alcohol in the vehicle, prosecutors said.