Iselin Teen Charged With Vehicular Homicide For Death Of Edison Teen Girl

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The New Jersey Attorney General identified the driver in the fatal Feb. 19 crash that killed Karla Gamero, a 17-year-old Edison High School student.

The driver of the car was Mikael Salman, 18, of Iselin.

Shortly before midnight last Thursday, Salman was driving a Nissan Maxima southbound on Rt. 1.

Woodbridge Police Officer Khari Manzini tried to pull the Nissan over because Salman was speeding, but Salman did not stop as directed, said the Attorney General.

Instead, he continued at a high rate of speed down Rt. 1 and ran a red light. Seconds later, he crashed into a car in the area of Gill Lane, said the AG. NJ101.5 reports Salman was going more than 100 miles per hour, but a spokesman for the Attorney General said he could not confirm that, and he does not know where 101.5 got that detail. The police report does say Salman was driving "at speeds greatly in excess of the posted speed limit."

Gamero was Salman's front-seat passenger. She died in the crash. Her beloved pet dog was also killed in the crash, according to her obituary.

Gamero was a junior at Edison High School. She will be buried Friday.

Salman remains hospitalized for injuries sustained during the crash. He is now charged by the Middlesex County Prosecutor with first-degree Aggravated Manslaughter while Eluding, second-degree Vehicular Homicide, three counts of second-degree Aggravated Assault, third-degree Aggravated Assault, fourth-degree Assault by Auto, Assault by Auto (disorderly persons offense), third-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, second-degree Eluding and Animal Cruelty (disorderly persons offense).

The occupants of the car he hit were also seriously injured and taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

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