Edison Cop Sentenced To Prison For Fatal Crash That Killed 2 People

EDISON, NJ — An off-duty Edison Police Officer, who was involved in a car crash in which two people died last year, has been sentenced to prison.

On Wednesday, Judge Jonathan W. Romankow, J.S.C., sentenced Amitoj Oberoi to two concurrent terms of 15 years in State prison on two counts of first-degree Vehicular Homicide.

The No Early Release Act requires Oberoi to serve 85 percent of the sentence without eligibility for parole.

Oberoi was also sentenced on a motor vehicle offense of Driving While Intoxicated.

In January, Oberoi pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated.

The crash occurred on Aug. 27, 2023, at about 6:22 a.m., on Route 27 in Franklin Township.

It resulted in the deaths of Carlos Perez-Gaytan and Victor Cabrera-Francisco, who were passengers in the vehicle driven by Oberoi.

Oberoi was driving the Audi Q7 southbound on Somerset Street at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the car causing the car to leave the road hitting several trees, lamp posts, and a utility pole before coming to rest, according to authorities.

An investigation found that Oberoi was over the legal Blood Alcohol Concentration (B.A.C.) limit at the time of the incident, said McDonald.

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