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.
Amitoj Oberoi, left, appears in a Somerset County courtroom during a pre-trial detention hearing on Sept. 8, 2023.Amanda Brown | For NJ Advance Me
The crash occurred at 6:22 a.m. on Aug. 27, 2023, when an intoxicated Oberoi veered off …