An award-winning pharmaceutical executive was charged Wednesday for driving more than 100 mph in a horrific wrong-way crash that killed a former Olympic swimmer on a New Jersey highway.
Brian Baldari, 47, drove his Cadillac CT5 Blackwing in the wrong direction down Route 70 in Lakewood for two miles before fatally crashing into 66-year-old Edwin Borja’s vehicle in March, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced.
Baldari collided head-on with Borja’s Mazda CX5, then struck an additional six vehicles before coming to a stop at 5:50 a.m. 4
The Lakewood Township Police Department responded to the fatal crash and found the Cadillac in flames with Baldari trapped inside.
First responders pulled Baldari from the car, but he was airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center (J