Voorhees man charged in deadly Black Horse Pike crash
MAYS LANDING — A Voorhees man faces a criminal charge in connection with a traffic accident that killed a new mother here.
Stephen Sirch, 30, was allegedly speeding when he struck a vehicle on the Black Horse Pike in Hamilton Township on the afternoon of April 3, says the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
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The other vehicle's driver, 29-year-old Karina Castillo of Pine Hill, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 2:15 p.m. accident.
Castillo, the mother of a baby daughter, was a social worker for the state's Division of Protection and Permanency, her obituary said.
Formerly a Vineland resident, she held a master's degree in marriage and family therapy.
A GoFundMe campaign for Castillo's family described her as 'an inspirational mentor, compassionate therapist, and truly one of a kind."
Sirch was being held in Atlantic County Jail on a charge of vehicular homicide.
The charge is only an allegation. Sirch has not been convicted in the case.
Jim Walsh is a senior reporter with the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. Email: Jwalsh@cpsj.com.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Stephen Sirch faces vehicular homicide charge in Mays Landing