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Unlicensed Driver Charged After Crash Kills 9-Month-Old Boy
Jersey Shore Online • • nation
Key Points:
- Maria CobonGuzman, a 20-year-old woman from Trenton with no valid driver's license, faces manslaughter and assault charges after her vehicle struck a mother and her two children in a Jackson grocery store parking lot, resulting in the death of a 9-month-old boy.
- Ariadna Lazaro-Flores, 22, is charged with knowingly allowing CobonGuzman to drive despite knowing she was unlicensed, creating a substantial risk of death.
- The incident occurred on August 28 at the Jackson NPGS grocery store, where the mother and her two children were hit while walking; the infant died at the hospital, and the mother and 5-year-old daughter remain hospitalized in stable condition.
- Both CobonGuzman and Lazaro-Flores were arrested and are being held pending detention hearings, with the investigation ongoing by multiple law enforcement units including the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office and local police departments.
- The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
