No criminal charges will be filed against the driver of an SUV who plowed into a Planet Fitness in Union County on Tuesday, killing one gym member and injuring another.
The man was killed around 12:20 p.m. when a maroon SUV driven by a 69-year-old woman crashed through the plate glass windows of the building in the 600 block of Newark Avenue in Elizabeth.
A 72-year-old man near the front window was fatally injured, city officials said. A 59-year-old man on a treadmill sustained cuts and abrasions, while the driver suffered injuries when the airbag deployed.
“All individuals who were hospitalized have since been released,” said Ruby Contreras, a city spokeswoman.
The driver, whose name was not released, is cooperating with police and won’t be charged, Contreras said.
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