At 7:29 a.m., Newark police responded to a motor vehicle crash at McCarter Highway and South Street, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said..
Alberto Coutinho, 56, of Newark, was transported to University Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 8:02 a.m., authorities said.
The driver of the second vehicle was also taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said…