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.

In June, Carey was sentenced to six years in state prison.

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.

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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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