Investigation Continues Into Fatal Crash In Jersey City Early Saturday

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez says an investigation is continuing by the Jersey City Police Department and the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit following a crash shortly past midnight on Saturday which claimed the life of a woman.

According to the Prosecutor, Jersey City Police received a report at approximately 12:20 am of a crash on Route 185 near yhr Linden Avenue East intersection.  When police arrived they discovered a 2019 Nissan had crashed into the rear of a parked, unoccupied, tractor trailor.

The female driver and two female passengers were transported to the Jersey city Medical Center, where at approximately 1 am, one of the passengers, 31-year old Stephanie Weymouth of Bayonne was pronounced dead.

Both the driver, a 28-year old Staten Island resident, and the other passenger, a 27-year old from Old Bridge, were treated at the JCMC for non-life threatening injuries and released.

As of this morning, Monday, no arrests have been made.

The Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with information on this incident to call them at (201) 915-1345 or leave an anonymous tip at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/.

All information will remain confidential.