Middlesex County Man Sentenced In South Brunswick Fatal Hit & Run

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A Jamesburg man was sentenced for his involvement in a crash resulting in the death of a South Brunswick resident in 2019.

Peter Prete, 59, was sentenced by Judge Andrea Carter, J.S.C. to an aggregate eleven years in prison on one count of second-degree knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash resulting in death and one count of third-degree hindering his own apprehension. Upon his release from prison, Prete will be subject to a one-year loss of license for having left the scene of the crash.

Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Raymond J. Hayducka of the South Brunswick Police Department said that on Aug. 8, 2019, at around 8:50 p.m., Prete was driving a Jeep Wrangler when he was involved in a crash with a motorcycle driven by Cory Holsten, 25, of Dayton, South Brunswick.

Prete then fled the scene, said police. Holsten was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries sustained in the crash.

Prete was arrested and charged following an investigation by Patrolman William Merkler of the South Brunswick Police Department and Detective Jonathan Berman of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, said police.

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