New Jersey Bar to Lose License after Patron Killed in Fatal Crash

November 18, 2008

A go-go bar that served alcohol to a man who later killed two people in an automobile accident in 2000 has failed in an attempt to save its liquor license.

A New Jersey appeals court on Friday upheld the license revocation of Cheerleaders, a bar in Brooklawn. The state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control revoked the bar’s license in 2006.

The court agreed that the bar served alcohol to Humberto Herrera-Salas, who was 23 at the time of the April 15, 2000 crash, even though he was intoxicated.

Herrera-Salas eventually was ejected from the bar and drove off the wrong way on Route 130, causing a crash that killed Gloucester City couple Robert and Patricia Reed.

Herrera-Salas was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Topics New Jersey

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  • March 2, 2010 at 2:23 am
    CommunistJersey says:
    Did anyone else read the 100 page report about this incident? Did everyone here get the whole story? The guy gets drunk, goes into a strip club and gets even more dangerously ... read more
  • November 24, 2008 at 9:38 am
    Dave says:
    I agree with you whole-heartedly. The liability of the bar should not extend beyond their property line. If using the same logic as Agenda, the grocery store should also be li... read more
  • November 21, 2008 at 6:56 am
    lastbat says:
    Agenda, bars purchase liquor liability insurance because of dram shop laws, not the other way around. If bars were not held liable for the actions of their patrons they would... read more

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