World Cup Night Turns Fatal: Two Newark Women Killed in Hit-and-Run

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Two New Jersey women, Mariana Valverde Beltran (58) and Maria Isabel DeLosAngeles Salgado Ayala (61), were killed in Newark after a driver struck them in a crosswalk as they walked home from a World Cup watch party. Surveillance footage shows the suspect, 26-year-old David J. Zapata-Vera, allegedly speeding through the intersection and leaving the scene; he surrendered days later and faces two counts of second-degree vehicular homicide and related charges. The victims were pronounced dead at University Hospital Newark. The case is ongoing with authorities reviewing video and witness accounts.
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