Pedestrian Umar King killed when struck on sidewalk on Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City, New Jersey

Modified Date: 
Fri, 12/29/2023 - 11:38am
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

'We will see our friend' again, pastor says at crash victim's funeral

"He was a very, very, good, smart, humble kid," Gordon said before presenting his family with basketball Jersey baring messages from King's friends. Tyson Halley, King's life-long friend, mentor, and a pastor, assured mourners they would meet King again because of his relationship with the lord. He had friends all over the country whom he met through school, church, and conventions. He had a deep love of basketball and some of his friends wore LeBron James shirts, King's favorite basketball star. King attended Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, D.C. and continued his education at Boise State University.

Kennedy Boulevard reopens in Jersey City after pedestrian is killed in crash

Sources and witnesses say a sheriff's officer was chasing the speeding SUV when that vehicle jumped the curb, plowed directly through a bus stop and hit someone on the sidewalk. 

Pedestrian killed in crash after police chase, sources and witnesses say

A source and witnesses say a sheriff's officer was chasing the speeding SUV when it jumped the curb, plowed directly through a bus stop, and hit someone standing on the sidewalk.

Comedian Killed by SUV Thieves Trying to Outrun Cops in NJ

A stolen SUV trying to evade police slammed into a bus shelter and killed a man in Jersey City Tuesday, and authorities said that its inhabitants ran by the victim's body after the out-of-control vehicle came to a stop.

Driver who killed deaf man in Jersey City arrested, officials say

The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office announced a 19-year-old man was apprehended late Thursday afternoon, just hours after putting out a stern message the suspects will be caught and "can't keep running." 

19-year-old facing slew of charges after fatal crash that killed deaf man

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced Oriental J. Hamlet, of Jersey City, was arrested Thursday afternoon by members of the newly-formed Hudson County Regional Fatal Collision Unit and charged with causing the death of Umar King, a 33-year-old FedEx employee who also volunteered as a sign language teacher in Jersey City. 

State moves to keep teen jailed for fatal crash after police chase

A Jersey City man charged with killing a deaf man in a crash while fleeing a sheriff's officer in a stolen SUV appeared in court on multiple charges today and the state moved to detain him through the course of his prosecution.

Funeral Wednesday for deaf man killed in Jersey City crash

A viewing is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Heavenly Temple Church of God in Christ. A funeral service will follow at 7 p.m.

Teen charged in fatal crash was released from juvenile detention 3 weeks earlier

Oriental J. Hamlet, 19 -- who police say crashed through the bus stop at Communipaw Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard where Umar King, 33, was waiting for a bus at 4:30 a.m. that day -- was ordered detained through his prosecution today at a detention hearing. 

People Involved: 
Umar King
Oriental J. Hamlet
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

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