A Newark man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed two female pedestrians in Newark, authorities announced Wednesday.
David J. Zapata-Vera, 26, surrendered to police June 23, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda.
Zapata-Vera is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death and two counts of endangering an injured victim…