Adam Rarela, a Marlboro teen, was killed in the August crash
OLD BRIDGE -- A 29-year-old man has been indicted in the Route 9 crash last summer that left a Middlesex County teen dead, court records show.
Anthony Depompa, of the Lawrence Harbor section of Old Bridge, faces a three-count indictment in the August crash. He was driving a small box truck when it crashed into the back of a dump truck on the northbound side of the highway, according to the indictment.
Depompa was changing lanes at the time of the crash, according to mycentraljersey.com
Depompa was indicted Tuesday on charges of aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homicide and assault by auto, court records show.
Adam Rarela, a passenger in the truck, was killed in the crash, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey said in a release.
Rarela was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:18 a.m., authorities said.
The 18-year-old resident from Marlboro had graduated from the township high school in the spring and preparing attending Kean University, according to his obituary.
Depompa and the driver of the dump truck suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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