Woman Indicted in Deptford Fatal Hit-Run

PRESS RELEASE
June 2, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO

Mary J. Dalton (DOB 12/13/69) of 101 Redstone Ridge Drive, Deptford Township NJ has been indicted on charges of vehicular homicide in the death of 44-year-old Thomas McCoy in Deptford on Sept. 14, 2010.

A Gloucester County grand jury indicted defendant Dalton Wednesday (6/1) on second-degree vehicular homicide and second-degree leaving the scene of a fatal accident.

Victim McCoy was riding a bicycle on the northbound shoulder of Route 47 (Delsea Drive) in Deptford when he was struck from behind by a Ford Explorer driven by defendant Dalton. He was dead at the scene. The Explorer sustained damage, lost fluids and was found by police disabled on the side of Route 47 about a mile north of the collision. Defendant Dalton, uninjured, was with the vehicle.

In addition to the two-count indictment, defendant Dalton is charged with several motor vehicle violations, including driving while intoxicated and uninsured.

Mary J. Dalton is not a relative of Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton.