The 17-year old Robbinsville High School student who fatally ran over this district’s beloved schools superintendent in April was talking on her cell phone at the time of the crash, prosecutors said Thursday.
The student, who is now 18 but is not being named by authorities because she was a juvenile at the time of the crash, has been charged with second-degree death by auto and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death.
She also was ticketed for reckless driving, improper use of a cell phone while driving and leaving the scene of an accident, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Steve Mayer, 52, was struck while he was jogging with his dog about 6:16 a.m. April 19 on Robbinsville-Edinburg Road just north of the Pond Road intersection. There are no sidewalks on the road, which has a 45 mph speed limit.