Truck driver Scott Spooner, 59, arrested after fatally striking pedestrian Paul Peacock, 54, on New York Thruway
N.J. truck driver fled after fatally striking pedestrian, cops say
Scott Spooner, 59, of Vineland, was arrested at 12:15 p.m. Saturday at the Pilot Travel Center on Route 17 in Mahwah when cops found him with the damaged Kenworth tractor-trailer, New York State Police said in a statement.
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