Acting Essex County officials announced today that Mr. Jarell L. Patterson, 30, of Union has been arrested and charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the death of Ray D. Horace, 43, of Youngstown, Ohio.
Yesterday, Saturday, November 7, Horace was struck as he exited his parked vehicle. It is alleged that Patterson hit Horace and kept driving and was eventually pulled over by Hillside Police.
In addition to second-degree vehicular homicide, Patterson was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and endangering an injured person.
Patterson is currently being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark.