LAWRENCE, N.J. (AP) -- Charges have been filed against the driver of a dump truck police say rammed into a car at a traffic light on Thursday, sending both vehicles into a nearby lake and killing the car's driver.

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A smashed car was removed from the water after a collision with a dump truck sent both vehicles into a lake, submerging the car and killing its driver, Thursday, July 17, 2014, in Lawrence. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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The Mercer County prosecutor's office says 38-year-old Daniel C. Everett of Westampton faces second-degree death by auto and other charges in a collision that killed 59-year-old James McLean of Trenton.

Prosecutors say Everett allegedly hit McLean's car at a Lawrence intersection and pushed it more than 200 feet into a park and then into a lake. Rescuers say the dump truck was in the water on top of the submerged vehicle.

Authorities said Friday Everett remains hospitalized with accident-related injuries. Bail has been set at $250,000. It's not immediately known if he has an attorney.

 

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