MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Four individuals have been charged in connection with a June 29 crash on the Garden State Parkway that left one man dead and another seriously injured, authorities announced Thursday.
According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, the crash occurred around 7:04 p.m. at mile marker 130 southbound. Investigators determined the crash resulted from two vehicles racing at high speeds.
Alvi Limani, 20, of Staten Island, was operating a BMW X3 when it struck two vehicles and overturned multiple times, ejecting two passengers — Albion Hysenaj, 20, who later died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and a 21-year-old male who sustained serious injuries. A third passenger, Emily Harrington, 19, remained in the vehicle.
Authorities say Limani and Harrington fled the scene on foot. Limani later attempted to leave the country with his mother, Vilma Vneshta, 42. Both were apprehended near Miami on July 17 and are pending extradition to New Jersey.
Limani faces multiple charges, including first-degree aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homicide, and knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal crash. Harrington is charged with hindering, obstruction, and conspiracy to endanger another. Vneshta is charged with hindering. Jeter Ogando, 23, of Perth Amboy, the driver of the second vehicle involved in the alleged street race — a BMW M5 — has also been charged with vehicular homicide, endangering another, and assault by auto.