Mays Landing, New Jersey man pleads guilty to fatal car crash

Mays Landing faces up to ten years in prison for leaving the scene of a fatal crash last year.

Fabian Lucas, 38, pleaded guilty Monday in Atlantic County Superior Court to second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.

At approximately 11:30 p.m. on the night of March 1, 2023, Atlantic City police officers were called to the eastbound side of Interstate 30 near milepost 55 in reference to a hit and run involving a pedestrian.

At the scene, paramedics worked to revive 49-year-old Jody Millhan of Pleasantville, who later died at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center.

According to prosecutors,

Debris from the 2012 Nissan Altima was strewn across the road, and the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Accident Investigation Unit was able to track down Fabian Lucas using an automatic license plate reader. Law enforcement learned that within days of the fatal crash, the defendant planned to take the vehicle to American Recycling on Route 50 in Mays Landing to dispose of the vehicle after the vehicle’s VIN numbers were obliterated and various parts damaged.

Lucas was eventually arrested and taken into custody in April 2023.

Now he faces five to ten years in prison; Sentencing is scheduled for next month.