NJ Driver In Crash That Killed TCNJ Student Released: Report

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — The driver charged with the fatal crash and death of a Clark man and College of New Jersey student Michael Sot has been released from jail on Thursday and is on house arrest, according to nj.com.

Superior Court Judge Anthony Massi made the decision two days after hearing arguments on both sides on Tuesday for David Lamar, 22, of West Windsor at his detention hearing in Trenton.

Lamar was being held in the Mercer County Correction Center in Hopewell before Thursday.

He faces a charge of vehicular homicide after Sot died from his injuries on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 12:45 p.m., according Mercer County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Casey A. DeBlasio. (Read more: Clark Man, 20, Dies After 8 Hospitalized In Crash: Prosecutor)(See Related: Clark 'Designated Driver' Mourned After Crash In Awful Irony)

Lamar also faces seven counts of assault-by-auto.

On Dec. 2 at about 2:07 a.m. Lamar was driving southbound at 1817 Pennington Road in Ewing Township in a black 2018 Kia Optima when he tried to pass other vehicles ahead of him and crossed over the double yellow lines and collided with an oncoming vehicle, according to the police report.

That vehicle was a 2007 Dodge Charger that was traveling northbound driven by Clark local and designated driver Sot, 20, a math major from TCNJ. There were a total of two people in the Kia and six people in the Dodge.

At Lamar's hearing on Tuesday, the MCPO argued that his blood alcohol content was almost three times the legal limit when he crashed into the car full of students, according to nj.com. (See Related: NJ Driver's Blood Alcohol Was 3X The Limit In Fatal Crash: Report)

(Image via Mercer County Prosecutor's Office: David Lamar, 22, of West Windsor)

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