Louis Bontya

By Sam Barron From Daily Voice

A 23-year-old Sicklerville man was arrested and charged following a crash that killed a 76-year-old man and injured his wife, authorities announced Wednesday, Nov. 12.

On Saturday, Oct. 11, at 10:13 p.m., officers responded to a crash at Berlin Cross Keys Road and Johnson Road in Sicklerville after a sedan traveling on Berlin Cross Keys Road toward the Black Horse Pike collided with an SUV at the intersection, Gloucester Township police said.

The occupants of both vehicles were trapped, requiring extrication, police said. Louis Bontya, the driver of the SUV, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, while his wife, Christina, was seriously injured, police said.

Marcus Young is charged with assault by auto and death by auto, police said.

Bontya, who served in the Army during the Vietnam War, worked as an architect and a code official, according to his obituary from the Egizi Funeral Home website.

A former member of the Florence town council, Bontya was proud of his 31 years of sobriety, and enjoyed organizing Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to assist others, his obituary reads.

Bontya was an avid traveler, history buff and Trump supporter who enjoyed rooting on his Philadelphia Eagles, according to his obituary.

He is survived by his wife Christina, his children, Shannon and Michael, his stepchildren, Christopher, John and Bryan, his grandchildren, Nicholas, Lucas, Maddy, Brittany, Sohpia, Caitlyn and Jake and his siblings Theresa, Bernice and Richard, his obituary reads.

A funeral was held earlier this month and he was buried at Gloucester County Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Williamstown, according to his obituary reads.

To view his obituary, click here.