Driver, 21, admits Brick hit-and-run that killed NJ mom of four

🔵 Female pedestrian killed

🔵 Driver, now 21, admits crash

🔵 Victim was a mother of four children

A young driver from Middlesex County has admitted to a deadly hit-and-run last year, killing a mother of four children in Ocean County.

On Thursday, Mark Carey Jr., of South Amboy, pleaded guilty to knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death.

Julia Sutton, of Weehawken, was struck by an SUV in Brick on Jan. 13, 2024.

The 56-year-old victim was standing along the shoulder of Route 35 and Bay Boulevard, when she was hit by a 1999 Ford Explorer, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.

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Police traced the Explorer back to Carey Jr., who was arrested the following day.

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Sutton was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

She has been mourned as a wife and mother of four children, as well as a “spirited business woman and entrepreneur,” according to her obituary.

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The state will seek a term of six years in state prison when Carey is sentenced on June 13.

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