Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Police: Driver in fatal failed to observe traffic signal

Posted in News on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 at 9:32 am |

The driver of a car involved in a fatal collision with a motorcyclist in Mount Laurel Saturday night has been charged with failure to observe a traffic signal, police said.

Oliver Kasprizik, 26, of Mainz, Germany was charged with the traffic offense this week in connection with the 7:10 p.m. accident at the intersection of Church and Fellowship roads, police said.

According to police, Kasprizik was driving a car on Fellowship Road through the intersection when he collided with a motorcycle operated by Michael Murray, 22, of Oregon Avenue in Mount Laurel.

Following the accident, Murray was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where he was pronounced dead later that evening, police said. Kasprizik was not injured.

Kasprizik’s traffic charge was assigned to Mount Laurel Municipal Court, police said.

An investigation into the accident is continuing, police said.

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