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TRENTON -Legislation sponsored by Senator Nicholas P. Scutari toughening the penalties for unlicensed drivers involved in fatal accidents was approved by the full Senate today.

“We are one step closer to be able to sufficiently prosecute unlicensed drivers who take the lives of others,” said Senator Scutari, D-Middlesex, Somerset and Union. “The Get Out of Jail Free card is being torn up.”

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senator Nicholas P. Scutari, which would toughen the penalties of unlicensed drivers who are involved in fatal accidents, was approved in the Senate Law, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs Committee today.

“A fatal accident involving an unlicensed driver is no accident at all, but the result of criminal negligence,” said Senator Scutari, D-Middlesex , Somerset and Union. “The law needs to reflect that.”