NJ Teacher Who Hit, Killed Woman, Claims He Thought He Hit Deer

From NJ.com

A teacher at a school for children with special needs told detectives he was not aware that he had fatally struck a woman with his car at around 3:20 a.m. Saturday.

Nicholas Jahn, 34, told investigators he believed he had hit a deer that morning, when he fell asleep behind the wheel of his Honda Pilot on the Black Horse Pike in Washington Township, police say.

Additional details of what Jahn told investigators were in an affidavit of probable cause.

Authorities began seeking a driver on Saturday after receiving a call about a body in the parking lot of the Golden Luck Motel on Route 42 shortly after 7 a.m. There they found Jawana Wilcox, 44, who was likely walking out toward Route 42 to catch a bus.