🚨 Update: Newark Carjacking Death
What happened
Where it happened
- Newark, Essex County.
The delivery driver killed during a carjacking in Newark has been identified as 46-year-old Jhon Aponte Alarcon of Elizabeth.
Authorities say the incident happened Saturday around 12:44 p.m. on Bergen Street after Alarcon stepped away from his vehicle during a delivery. A suspect jumped inside and attempted to flee.
Alarcon tried to stop the theft by holding onto the vehicle as it sped off.
Moments later, the car crashed into a parked vehicle, flipped, and fatally crushed him.
The suspect fled the scene on foot and remains at large.
💔 A GoFundMe has now been launched by the family to help with expenses:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ayudanos-despues-de-la-perdida-de-nuestro-papa
Anyone with information is urged to contact authorities.
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