Driver Was Drunk, Going 120 MPH In Mt. Laurel Crash That Killed NJ Businessman: Officials

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — Homicide charges have been filed against a Marlton man in connection with a high-speed crash that killed a Burlington County restauranteur, officials said.

Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Mount Laurel Police Chief Stephen Riedener said 45-year-old Desmond Newberry was driving while intoxicated and going more than 120 miles per hour when he hit Glenn Keen on September 3.

Keen was pulling out of the parking lot of Cucina Carini, which he owned, when Newberry hit him, police said. Read more: Crash That Killed Mt. Laurel Business Owner Still Under Investigation

Police said Newberry surrendered to law enforcement on November 7. Officials charged him with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, first-degree vehicular homicide, and third-degree possession of a dangerous substance, according to Bradshaw and Riedener. He is in the Burlington County Jail.

Officials say they secured a warrant to access the event data recorder from Newberry's car, "which revealed that he was traveling in excess of 120 miles per hour just prior to striking Keen’s Ford SUV."

Witnesses pulled Keen from his vehicle before police arrived, officials said. First responders airlifted him to Temple University Hospital where he later died at the age of 52, according to Bradshaw and Riedener.

Keen had opened the Mount Laurel restaurant Cucina Carini in 1995 with his wife, according to an online obituary. He was born in Camden and graduated from Lenape High School in 1988.