Joseph Aziz, 20, of Jersey City, was identified as the driver of a Honda Accord pursued by North Bergen Police Lt. Jason Appello after an alleged traffic violation near 70th Street and Tonnelle Avenue on Sunday, Sept. 28, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.
About a minute later, just before 11:20 p.m., Aziz’s vehicle collided with a Toyota Corolla stopped at a light between 50th and 51st streets. Aziz and the Corolla’s driver, Brian Rivera, 24, of North Bergen, were both killed.
Rivera, a police dispatcher who had just finished playing in a soccer game with his younger brother, was remembered as a hero for repositioning his car to shield his sibling and two friends from the impact. Three passengers in his vehicle remain hospitalized…