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Unlicensed driver charged in Jackson Township crash that killed 9-month-old

The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office says 20-year-old Maria CobonGuzman was driving without a valid driver's license when she hit a mother with two young children in a baby carriage.

Roxanne Palladino

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Aug 29, 2026, 3:50 PM

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A driver is facing multiple charges after a crash that killed a 9-month-old Friday morning in Jackson Township.

The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office says 20-year-old Maria CobonGuzman, of Trenton, was driving without a valid driver's license in the Jackson NPGS grocery store parking lot on West County Line Road when she hit a mother with two young children in a baby carriage.

Ariadna Lazaro-Flores, 22, of Toms River, also faces charges related to this incident. Investigators found she was aware that CobonGuzman did not have a license and allowed her to drive anyway.

All three pedestrians were taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center for treatment. The mother and her 5-year-old daughter were in stable condition as of Saturday afternoon.

Her 9-month-old son was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Both CobonGuzman and Lazaro-Flores were arrested and taken to Ocean County Jail where they were awaiting detention hearings as of Saturday afternoon.

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