Robert Evans, 65, injured and driver Salo Soscia, 43, arrested in head-on crash on Route 17 in Rutherford, New Jersey

Modified Date: 
Fri, 08/30/2024 - 9:14am
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Driver critical after wrong-way, head-on crash on Route 17 (link is external)

Salo Soscia, 43, of Lyndhurst, was driving a 2008 Dodge Caliber north when she crashed into a 2005 Hyundai Accent driven by a 65-year-old Belleville man in the southbound lane, according to Rutherford police.

Family struggles with recovery, mounting bills from bizarre wrong-way crash(link is external)

"Insurance will only cover so much and we do not expect to recover much, if anything, from the driver," Evans' daughter, Lauren, wrote on a GoFundMe page(link is external)[2](link is external) she set up for her father.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Salo Soscia
Robert Evans
Roadway: 
Route 17
Area: 
Trenton-NJ

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