Overview
- Police identified the suspect as 45-year-old Aides Benites Rivera, who was arrested Wednesday and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
- The crash at Ivy Hill Laundromat, which occurred Monday around 2:30 p.m., began when a pickup hit a parked SUV and both vehicles plowed through the storefront.
- Ruth Benjamin, 81, was seated near the front of the laundromat and died at the scene, and an employee inside was also injured.
- Surveillance video showed a man fleeing the wreck, and investigators with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office say their review remains active.
- Witnesses told reporters the men had been drinking in the parking lot and that the truck was speeding, though officials have not announced any impaired-driving charges.