Ex-N.J. cop sentenced for drunken crash that killed 2 passengers [Video]

A former Edison police officer was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for a high-speed, drunken driving crash that killed his two passengers last year in Somerset County.

Amitoj Oberoi, 30, pleaded guilty on June 18 to two counts of first-degree vehicular homicide for the crash in Franklin Township that killed Carlos Perez-Gaytan, 24, of Somerset, and Victor Cabrera-Francisco, 20, of North Brunswick.

Superior Court Judge Jonathan W. Romankow sentenced Oberoi, of Franklin Township, to two concurrent terms of 15 years in prison on two counts of first-degree vehicular homicide. Oberoi was also sentenced on a motor vehicle offense of driving while intoxicated.

Oberoi is required to serve 85% of his sentence before he becomes eligible for parole.

The crash occurred at 6:22 a.m. on Aug. 27, 2023, when an intoxicated Oberoi veered off …