Woodbridge, NJ – The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has released police radio transmissions, surveillance video, and police vehicle recorder footage from the ongoing investigation into a fatal crash involving a Woodbridge Police Department officer and a fleeing vehicle in Middlesex County.
The materials, released Friday by the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA), relate to the Feb. 20 crash that claimed the life of a juvenile passenger riding in a Nissan Maxima driven by Mikael Salman, 18, of Iselin. The juvenile’s identity has not been released.
Videos document pursuit before fatal collision
According to the Attorney General’s Office, the preliminary investigation found that shortly before midnight on Feb. 19, Salman was allegedly driving a Nissan Maxima at a high rate of speed southbound on Route 1. Woodbridge Police Officer Khari Manzini, who was in a marked patrol vehicle, left a stationary position and attempted to catch up to the vehicle.
Investigators said the Nissan traveled from Route 1 South to Avenel Road, continued onto Remsen Avenue and Route 35 (Saint George’s Avenue), then re-entered Route 1 South. About one minute later, the Nissan collided with a second civilian vehicle at the intersection of Route 1 South and Gill Lane…