Man indicted after crashing into parked car along White Horse Pike, killing sleeping child

ABSECON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- A man has been indicted in connection with a crash that killed an 8-year-old boy in Atlantic County in July.

Javier Velez died after 25-year-old Edward Johnston allegedly struck a parked 1995 Honda on the White Horse Pike (Route 30) in Absecon on July 23.

The child, who was on a fishing trip with his dad, had been sleeping in the car at the time of the crash.



Johnson, of Galloway, is facing charges of aggravated manslaughter with extreme indifference to human life.

Authorities said he was intoxicated and speeding in the early morning when he slammed his vehicle into the parked car.

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