Bergen Man Indicted In Crash That Injured Girl, 13

A Mahwah man was indicted on an assault by auto charge for allegedly pinning a 13-year-old between two vehicles.

A Bergen County Grand Jury indicted William Almonte Tuesday seven months after he hosted a party at his Aspen Court home where the girl was hurt.

The girl's father, John Stewart, was picking her up when Almonte and three others got into a Ford Mustang and Almonte put the car into reverse and pinned the girl between it and another vehicle, police said.

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Stewart said the Ford went “from zero to 30 miles per hour" when it struck his daughter. The bones in the girl's right leg were crushed and she tore her anterior cruciate ligament. Almonte was charged with assault with a motor vehicle, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, police said.

The girl had surgery and goes to physical therapy three times a week.

"I'm very happy with the result. We've been waiting for this day," Stewart said. "He never even apologized for what happened."

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