Crime & Safety
Police Charge Woman Who Ran Over Front Seat Passenger
Anna Defede, 35, from East Windsor was charged by the South Brunswick Police on Thursday.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – On Thursday, the South Brunswick Police charged an East Windsor woman with running over her front seat passenger.
Anna Defede, 35, was charged with 4th degree charge of causing a motor vehicle crash while having a suspended driver’s license, leaving the scene of a crash, driving while suspended and careless driving.
According to the police, on Monday evening at 5:22 p.m. Defede and her 36-year-old friend were at the Travelers Inn at 2316 Route 130.
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Defede and her friend were yelling and arguing with people at the motel, who called 911 to report the dispute, said the police. They continued to yell at the people on the second floor of the motel, as they walked to their parked vehicle, a 2004 Acura TSX.
Defede began to back out of the parking spot next to the motel, when her friend opened the passenger side door to continue to argument with the people at the motel. As Defede backed out of the spot, her friend fell under the car and was run over, police said. Defede pulled the car forward to get off the friend and exited the car.
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She then helped the friend get back in the vehicle and left the scene headed onto Route 130 north.
Police said Sergeant Richard Hutchison arrived within seconds of Defede leaving the parking lot and stopped the vehicle a quarter mile from the motel on Route 130.
Defede admitted to running over her friend, but believed he wasn’t seriously injured, according to the police.
Hutchison said he called for South Brunswick EMS, who transported the man to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Police said the man suffered extensive injuries including a broken pelvis and ribs. He went under several hours of surgery and remains hospitalized.
According to police, an investigation by South Brunswick Police Traffic Safety Bureau Officer Jesse Blake, determined that Defede had a suspended license at the time of the crash. In addition, she left the scene and failed to report the crash.
Defede is free pending her first court appearance.
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