Truck driver sentenced for fatal Route 23 crash in Pequannock

Police say surveillance video revealed Angel Caraballo-Maldona was on the phone when he hit an SUV in front of him on Route 23 at a red light.

Lanette Espy

Oct 30, 2023, 4:22 PM

Updated 423 days ago

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Morris County prosecutors say a garbage truck driver from Newark has been sentenced to four years in prison for a fatal crash in Pequannock.
Police say surveillance video revealed Angel Caraballo-Maldona, 45, was on the phone when he hit an SUV in front of him on Route 23 at a red light, killing the driver of that car back in May.
Police say Caraballo-Maldona and a good Samaritan pulled the man from a 2020 Chevy Traverse and tried to save him. The man died at the scene of the accident at the intersection of Route 23 North and Alexander Avenue.
Caraballo-Maldona had previously entered a guilty plea to second degree reckless vehicular homicide on Aug. 29.