New Jersey man charged in crash that killed Lower Merion High School principal, injured son

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Charges filed in crash that killed Lower Merion High School principal

54-year-old Azuka Ossai is charged with vehicular homicide in the crash that killed 51-year-old Sean Hughes. Hughes' young son was also injured in the incident.

A New Jersey man is facing charges in a deadly crash that killed a Pennsylvania school principal and injured his young son last fall in Camden County. 

The Camden County Prosecutor's Office on Thursday charged 54-year-old Azuka Ossai with vehicular homicide and a fourth-degree count of assault by auto in the Nov. 13 crash that killed 51-year-old Sean Hughes. 

Hughes, who spent more than a decade as an educator in the Lower Merion School District, was the principal of Lower Merion High School.

Hughes and his young son were on their way to a soccer game in Windslow Township when investigators believe Ossai sped through a stop sign at the intersection of Fleming Pike and Hays Road and slammed into Hughes' Ford SUV. 

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Hughes suffered serious injuries and died later that morning, prosecutors said. His son who was in the passenger's seat sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Authorities arrested Ossai on Thursday, nearly four months after the deadly crash. He was processed and released pending court, prosecutors said. 

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