Liepe sentenced to 32 years; convicted of vehicular homicide and more
Page 4 • Wednesday, May 6, 2015 • The Hammonton Gazette
LIEPE, from Page 1
An investigation determined that William
Liepe, now 62, of the 3000 block of Cologne
Avenue in Mays Landing, was operating a
motor vehicle south on Cologne Avenue
when he rear-ended a vehicle driven by Max
Guzman, 35, of Hammonton, while Guzman,
with two child passengers in the car, was attempting to make a left-hand turn off
Cologne Avenue to the athletic fields located
behind the fire department.
The impact from Liepe’s vehicle caused
Guzman’s car to enter the northbound lane
and get struck by a third vehicle, a sport utility vehicle driven by Rosa Vazquez, 38, of
Egg Harbor Township, with her mother and
two child passengers in the vehicle.
Guzman and his 11-year-old son of the
same name, who was the front-seat passenger, were transported to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center—City Campus,
Atlantic City, for treatment of injuries received in the crash.
Guzman’s rear-seat passenger, nine-yearold Ryan Schleyer, of Hammonton, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Rosa Vazquez and her three passengers:
her 15-year-old daughter, two-year-old son,
and her mother were transported to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center—Mainland Campus, for evaluation and treatment.
The driver and children were found to be
uninjured and were released; the driver’s
mother, also named Rosa Vasquez, 71, of
Pleasantville, was admitted to the hospital
with a shoulder injury.
Liepe was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center—Mainland
Campus, then transferred to the City
Division Trauma Unit in Atlantic
City for treatment of injuries, from
which he was later released.
On April 26, 2011, Liepe was
charged with three (3) crimes and
five (5) motor vehicle violations:
Aggravated Manslaughter—a crime
of the first degree,
• Two (2) counts of Aggravated
Assault—a second degree crime,
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