Man Was High On Acid During Parkway Chase That Injured Essex County Woman

A New York man is expected to be sentenced to 16 years in prison after he admitted to being high on LSD during a high-speed chase that ended in a crash that injured a Bloomfield woman on the Garden State Parkway in April, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

Samuel Bompane, 23, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty on Thursday to eluding, assault by auto, second-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute and driving while intoxicated before Judge Ronald Reiser sitting in Freehold, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said.

Bompane admitted he was driving a Nissan Altima at more than 100 mph on the toll road in April when state troopers broke off their pursuit because they were nearing a construction zone in Brick, the prosecutor’s office said. He continued speeding into Monmouth County, where he hit a guardrail and careened into another vehicle, causing a 42-year-old Bloomfield woman’s SUV to flip over. She suffered a broken arm so severe that the bone was sticking through the skin, the office said.

The chase began with a verbal dispute in Cape May County that turned into the chase, New Jersey State Police said.

Bompane admitted to having illegal narcotics in his car that he admitted he intended to later distribute. They more than a half-ounce of cocaine, nore than 5 pounds of marijuana, and more than an ounce of psilocybin.

Bompane admitted he consumed 20 tablets of LSD earlier that day, at two different occasions, and was under the influence of the LSD while eluding and causing the crash.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Bompane must serve at least 3 years, 3 months of a 16-year sentence before he’ll be eligible for parole, the office said.