SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A young woman has been charged with striking and killing a man while he was working outside a school in June.
On Thursday, 18-year-old Shamantha Bolla of the Monmouth Junction section was charged with second-degree reckless death by motor vehicle.
Dean Battaglia, 53, was outside Crossroads Middle School on Georges Road around 10.30am on June 15 when he was struck by a vehicle, police said.
Battaglia – who grew up in Edison and was recently a resident of southern Brunswick – was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bolla “failed to maintain his lane of traffic and hit him at the shoulder of the roadway,” according to Middlesex County District Attorney Yolanda Ciccone’s office.
Southern Brunswick Schools Superintendent Scott Feder previously said Battaglia was a “beloved” member of the district as a longtime school maintenance worker.
He also drove buses for various school sports teams and for elementary students during the school year, according to his obituaryin addition to owning a landscaping business.
Battaglia is survived by a son, a daughter and a fiancé, who also has three daughters, as well as other relatives.
A GoFundMe campaign set up to benefit his children had raised nearly $50,000 on Friday.
Anyone with information about the case can contact Officer Blake of the South Brunswick Police Department at 732-329-4000 x7474 or Detective Berman of the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office at 732-745-4328.
Erin Vogt is a reporter and anchor for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach her at [email protected]
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