OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A Monroe Twp. man was sentenced to eight years in prison for causing a fatal Old Bridge car crash that killed a 20-year-old woman and injured three others; he was driving drunk at the time of the crash, said Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
The fatal crash happened July 18, 2021 on Rt. 9 south near Texas Road.
When Old Bridge Police officers got there, they found a Toyota Echo with four occupants with varying injuries. One of the women, Ciara Gee, 20, of Raleigh, North Carolina was pronounced dead at the scene. The young woman was a college student who had dreams of becoming a physical therapist; she had been sightseeing with friends in New York City when she was killed, according to her obituary.
Officers also located Sergio Seixeiro, 40, of Monroe in his damaged Ford Expedition.
An investigation and accident reconstruction determined Seixiero’s truck rear-ended the Toyota Echo. Speed, reckless driving and intoxication were determined to be contributing factors, said the prosecutor.
Seixeiro was later charged with multiple offenses and pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, one count of second-degree aggravated assault and two counts of fourth-degree assault by auto.
Seixeiro also pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated.
He was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in state prison. Seixeiro must serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole. Upon his release, Seixeiro will be subject to a fifteen-month loss of his driver's license.
The investigation and accident reconstruction was done by Officer Steve Connolly of the Old Bridge Police Department and Detective Jonathan Berman of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutors Keith Abrams and Kaitlyn Poggi, and Seixeiro was sentenced by Judge Benjamin Bucca.
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