Sooner
SLOATSBURG – A Vineland, New Jersey man has been arrested for leaving
the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident on the southbound Thruway
at 4 a.m. on Saturday morning near the Ramapo Rest Area.
Paul Peacock, 54, of New York City, was walking across the superhighway
when he was struck and killed by a passing truck.
Scott Spooner, 59, of New Jersey was arrested at about 12:15 p.m. when
his damaged truck was found in the Pilot Travel Center on Route 17 in
Mahwah, New Jersey. Spooner was located with his truck as police checked
the area of truck stops in the region.
State Police were assisted by the Mahwah, New Jersey Police Department.
Spooner was arraigned and remanded to the Rockland County Jail in lieu
of $25,000 bail.
