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Unlicensed Driver Charged After 9-Month-Old Killed in Jackson Parking Lot Crash

A 20-year-old Trenton woman faces manslaughter charges after a car struck a mother and her two children in a grocery store parking lot, killing a nine-month-old boy.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 30, 2026, 5:36 p.m. ET
A 9-month-old boy was killed and his mother and 5-year-old sister were injured when a car struck them in the parking lot of the NPGS grocery store on in , , on Friday, Aug. 28, according to the , as reported by savejersey.com. The driver, Maria CobonGuzman, 20, of Trenton, was with manslaughter, assault by auto and operating a vehicle without ever having been issued a valid license, savejersey.com reported. A second woman, Ariadna Lazaro-Flores, 22, of Toms River, was with conduct knowingly creating a substantial risk of death to another. Both are housed in the Jail pending detention hearings. The infant was pronounced dead at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. The mother and 5-year-old sister remained hospitalized in stable condition. The cause of the crash is by the Major Crime Unit-Vehicular Homicide Squad, High Tech Crime Squad, Jackson police, Lakewood police, and the Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, savejersey.com reported.

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Terrain elevation
2,723 ft
Nearest aerodrome
6.0 miles SE of Oberlin Municipal Airport (KOIN)

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