John Worsham
July 15, 2007
Pallisades Park, New Jersey

The Record
(Hackensack, New Jersey)
July 15, 2007

Alleged DWI crash claims life of cabby

Sunday, July 15, 2007
By JUSTO BAUTISTA and SONI SANGHA
STAFF WRITERS

A retired postal worker from Cliffside Park who drove a taxi to 
make ends meet was killed early Sunday in Palisades Park in a 
head-on collision with a Jeep whose driver was charged with 
vehicular homicide and drunken driving.

John Worsham, 61, who drove for Scotty's Taxi Co. in Cliffside 
Park for one year, was on his last call when he was killed, said 
an employee at Scotty's.

The driver of the Jeep, Alexander Martirosian, 20, of Cliffside 
Park, who suffered minor injuries in the accident, was arrested at 
the scene after police smelled alcohol on his breath, said Bergen 
County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli.

Martirosian was treated at Hackensack University Medical 
Center, where a blood sample was drawn, Molinelli said.

Police are awaiting toxicology results.

The accident occurred about 4:50 a.m. on Route 5 south.

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