Vincent Battiloro, a 17-year-old, has been charged with deliberately slamming his car into two best friends — Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas — as they rode an e-bike in Cranford, New Jersey, reports Inside Edition. Battilora creepily laughed online after sending a pizza delivery to Niotis who dared to oppose the late racist, Charlie Kirk.
CBS News reports Battiloro was charged with first degree murder:
Battiloro was allegedly driving at least 70 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone when the fatal crash occurred Monday evening on Burnside Avenue in Cranford, according to court records.
Police said Battiloro abandoned the black 2021 Jeep Compass after striking Niotis and Salas and fled the scene. He was detained for questioning that evening and released pending further investigation, then arrested the next morning, police said.
The victims’ relatives and friends claimed Battiloro was stalking one of the girls and a restraining order had been filed against him before the crash. The Union County prosecutor’s office, which is investigating the crash, did not immediately respond to CBS News New York’s request to verify their claims.
(Sources: Inside Edition, CBS News)