Bergen County Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide Following Crash

Authorities say a Bergen County man was intoxicated when he was involved in a car accident in Colts Neck that claimed the life of his father.

Andrew Halder, 35, of Woodcliff Lake, was arrested Monday on a charge of second-degree vehicular homicide.

He was also issued summonses, charging him with reckless driving, driving while intoxicated, and displaying a fictitious inspection sticker, according to a news release from acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.

According to that news release:

Just before 3 p.m. On Aug. 30, Halder and his father, Gary, played a round of golf at a local club.

They’d left that club and were in the son’s 2007 Mini Cooper, when the crash occurred just before 3 p.m.

As the younger Halder tried to enter Route 18 north from Route 537 west, the car hit a curb on the ramp, then flipped over and rolled.

The father was ejected from the vehicle. He was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where died from his injuries.

After a joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Colts Neck Police Department, authorities determined Andrew Halder was operating the motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of more than the legal limit of .08 percent.

Andrew Halder was released after posting $100,000 bail, with a ten percent option. If convicted of vehicular homicide, he faces five- to 10-years in state prison.

The case is being handled by Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Meghan Doyle.

Halder is represented by James P. Patuto, of Hackensack.