What remained of the SUVs involved in the crash were scattered across the Garden State Parkway near Exit 168 in Washington Township. Police say at 11:00 Sunday 27-year old Thomas Vanderweit and 20-year old John Emili, were driving so aggressively, they collided and caused the death of a 63-year old woman.
"I don't know if it was male testosterone gone wild or what. He has a clean driving record. He doesn't drink, doesn't smoke. I don't know what happened," Joe Baeli said.
Baeli says Vanderweit, his stepson, works for PSE&G. He was driving his Chevy Blazer when police say Emili tried to pass him on the right in an exit lane.
The two men, who eyewitnesses say had been speeding, tailgating, and swerving from lane to lane, collided at a high rate of speed in a crash police are blaming on road rage.
Annetta Billingy, who was a passenger in Emili's Honda Pilot, was ejected and killed.
"We're devastated. His mother is devastated. Of course we feel bad. A life was lost," Baeli said.
No one answered the door outside Emili's family's home in New City. Police say Billingy was sitting in the backseat and was not wearing a seat belt. Both men are charged with vehicular homicide.
The two drivers were not injured in the crash. They will be arraigned at the Bergen County Courthouse later this week.
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