Luis Delcid-Cardona, 19, of Hamilton, is charged with driving while intoxicated in a crash on I-95 in Hamilton that left two passengers dead and a third in critical condition.

LAWRENCE – Two Hamilton women, ages 18 and 20, were killed early today when the car they were riding in struck a parked tractor-trailer on I-95, and the driver has been charged with driving while intoxicated and death by auto, police said.

Nicole Rodriguez, 20, and Samantha Belliveau, 18, were in the back seat of a 2001 Volkswagen GTS and were thrown from the vehicle when the car slammed into the tractor-trailer at 1:09 a.m., said State Police Sgt. Gregory Williams. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Jonathan Rivas, 19, of Princeton, was extricated from the vehicle by the Lawrence Fire Department and taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, Williams said.

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Rivas has died from his injuries. Luis Delcid-Cardona is charged with death by auto, DWI and held on $1 million bail

The car was driven by Luis Delcid-Cardona, a 19-year-old Hamilton resident, who lost control as he was driving along I-95 southbound, Williams said.

Delcid-Cardona fled the scene of the crash on foot and was located a short time later at his home in Hamilton, police said. Death by auto charges were file against Delcid-Cardona this afternoon.

Delcid-Cardona was charged with driving while intoxicated because he is under the legal drinking age and was found to have alcohol in his system, Williams said. He would not say what Delcid-Cardona’s blood alcohol content was.

“The driver was traveling in the southbound center lane and failed to maintain directional control,” Williams said.

He said the driver’s car began to rotate clockwise and traveled off I-95 near mile marker 8.8 and over a curved median at the on-ramp to Route 1 southbound.

“Preliminary investigation shows that he was trying to navigate the curve and lost control,” Williams said. “With the passenger side leading, the car struck the rear of a tractor-trailer which was parked on the right shoulder.”

The driver of the tractor-trailer, who had just pulled off the roadway, was not injured in the accident.

The accident closed the on ramp to Route 1 southbound for much of the morning while State Police were continuing their investigation. It has since been reopened.

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