2005 Media Releases:

CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
VINCENT P. SARUBBI, CAMDEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR
MEDIA   INFORMATION

July 11, 2005

Camden County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi and Camden Police Chief Edwin J. Figueroa reported that a 13-year-old Camden boy was killed and two other teenagers from the city were injured in a one-car crash on Sunday, July 10, 2005, in Camden, N.J.

Laquan Taylor, of the 700 block of Morgan Boulevard, was killed when a 1995 Honda Accord crashed into a four foot, metal and concrete pole barrier in the 1400 block of River Road at approximately 12:16 p.m. Sunday. Two other male juveniles in the vehicle sustained injuries and remain hospitalized - a 17-year-old who suffered minor head injuries and a 14-year-old who suffered a serious head injury and two broken femurs. Initial investigation indicates the vehicle was traveling south on River Road well in excess of the posted 25 mph speed limit.

It is unclear at this time which occupant was driving. The vehicle, owned by a resident of Williamstown, N.J., was reported stolen from the Cherry Hill Hilton parking lot on Route 70 in Cherry Hill on Friday, July 8, 2005.

The two surviving juveniles were both charged with receiving stolen property. Their names are being withheld because of their ages. An investigation continues by the Camden Police Department and the Camden County Prosecutor's Office and its Crash Response Investigation Team. Additional charges are possible.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Prosecutor's Office at (856) 225-8400 or Camden Police Detectives at (856) 757-7420.