N.J. Teen, Once A 'Fugitive,' Charged With DUI, Manslaughter In Fatal Crash: Cops

A New Jersey woman has been charged with DUI and manslaughter in a fatal crash that killed a 59-year-old man, police said.

Erica Weinman, 19, of Colts Neck was taken into custody as a "fugitive from justice" Friday and transported from Monmouth County Jail in Freehold to Troop A-Southbury in Connecticut, where she was fingerprinted, photographed and released after posting a $100,000 bail, the Connecticut State Police announced Tuesday.

Weinman, then 18, was involved in the fatal car accident on Interstate 84 east in Middlebury, Connecticut, at 10 p.m. on Oct. 25, 2015, according to the Connecticut State Police public information office.

Weinman was driving east in the far left lane of I-84 when she lost control of her 2014 Ford Escape and crossed the center median, Connecticut State Troopers said in the accident report. That's when she slammed into a 2007 Porsche Cayman headed westbound, causing her car to flip and land on its roof, police said.

The driver of the Porsche, Kevin J. Klein, 59, of Brookfield, Connecticut, was killed in the crash. A woman next to him, Susan Anthony-Klein, 55, was taken to a local hospital for injuries. Weinman and her passenger, Brandon A. Findel, 18, also of Colts Neck, were also taken to the hospital for injuries.

Weinman was charged with second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle in the fatal crash.

She initially failed to appear in Connecticut court on the charges, and a warrant was issued for her arrest earlier this month, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

She was considered a fugitive from justice and was being sought by authorities to be extradited back to Connecticut. The warrant listed her most recent address as West Aspen Way in Aberdeen.

The Ford Escape involved in the Connecticut crash was registered to a Freemont Lane address in Colts Neck.

In June, a woman by the name of Erica Weinman was charged with serving alcohol to underage minors after a wild house party occurred at a Freemont Lane home in Colts Neck. As Patch has reported, a 24-year-old Sayreville man was stabbed at the June 25 house party, which had more than 500 people in attendance. Colts Neck Police arrived at the Freemont Lane house at about 10:50 p.m. after a noise complaint and found a 16-year-old girl who was drunk and unresponsive as well.

Photo: Connecticut State Police