From the New Jersey Office of The Attorney General Press Release: "According to the preliminary investigation, North Bergen Police Lieutenant Jason Appello was driving northbound on Tonnelle Avenue in a marked police vehicle and made a U-turn near 70th Street and Tonnelle Avenue and started to travel southbound on Tonnelle Avenue. He activated the vehicle’s emergency lights and began following a Honda Accord driven by Mr. Aziz after the Accord was allegedly involved in a traffic violation at the intersection of 69th Street and Tonnelle Avenue. Mr. Aziz fled southbound on Tonnelle Avenue at a high speed. In two separate instances, Mr. Aziz passed several vehicles in the southbound lane and drove into the northbound lanes of oncoming traffic. In the last instance, in the area of 51st Street and Tonnelle Avenue, Mr. Aziz continued driving in the oncoming lane of traffic. At the same time, an uninvolved Toyota Corolla driven by Mr. Rivera and occupied by three passengers was travelling in the northbound lane of Tonnelle Avenue. At approximately 11:18 p.m., the Accord collided with Mr. Rivera’s Toyota Corolla on Tonnelle Avenue, between 50th and 51st streets. Mr. Aziz and Mr. Rivera were seriously injured in the collision and were later pronounced deceased. One passenger in the Accord and three passengers in the Corolla were all taken to a hospital for treatment. The investigation later determined that the Honda Accord driven by Mr. Aziz was a stolen vehicle."

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