Jim Six/South Jersey Media Group
WASHINGTON TWP. — A Turnersville man has been charged with death by auto, assault by auto and driving while intoxicated in connection with a July 7 crash that killed a man and woman.
It was 1 p.m. when Michael Sawyer, 31, crashed into a vehicle, allegedly causing the deaths of Sara Franks, 94, of Harrogate Court, and Nicholas Yovnello, 64, of Monroeville, a long-time fixture at Rowan University in Glassboro, said police.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Hurffville-Cross Keys and Chapel Heights roads.
Sawyer, who was driving a 2004 Jeep Cherokee, and Leonard Yovnello, 61, of Monroeville, the driver of the vehicle in which Yovnello and Franks were passengers, were treated at area hospitals, police said.
As a result of an investigation into the crash conducted by police, the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey State Police Office of Forensic Sciences South Regional Laboratory, police have charged Sawyer with two counts of death by auto, two counts of assault by auto, DWI, reckless driving, careless driving, speeding, failure to observe a traffic signal and failure to exhibit a driver’s license, said police.
Sawyer was arrested at home without incident and was committed to the Gloucester County Jail in default of $200,000 full-cash bail, police said.
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