Young Fil-Am killed in car crash in New Jersey

The Dacayanans (clockwise): Romy Dacayanan, father; Emerita, mother; older brother, Stephen; car crash fatality, Nico Jon. FACEBOOK PHOTO

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, New Jersey — Filipino American Nico Jon Dacayanan, 26, was killed when the car he was driving crashed on Scotch Road in the early morning of Sunday, August 9.

Dacayanan, single, of Cedar Lane, Hamilton, New Jersey, was driving a 2004 Nissan 350 when it crashed north of Interstate 95, at 2:30 a.m., police said.

His car reportedly left the roadway on the right, striking a drainage culvert. No other vehicle was involved in the crash, according to police.

The cause of the crash has yet to be determined by the Hopewell Township police and Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.

The young man was removed from his car and taken by ambulance to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.

Along with Hopewell police, the Pennington Fire Company, Pennington First Aid Squad, and Ewing Emergency Services, Union Fire Company and West Trenton Fire Company assisted at the scene.

Nico Jon Dacayanan is survived by his older brother, Stephen, and his parents, Romy and Emerita Dacayanan, originally from Tarlac.

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