Alleged Brick 'Hit-and-Run' Boater's Trial Date Set
Robert Post, of Essex Fells, died in the 2008 boat accident.
The man accused of vehicular homicide and assault stemming from an August 2008 boating accident near the mouth of the Metedeconk River will have his day in court Oct. 29, officials said. Brick resident Anthony Digilio, now 33, is facing a single count of vehicular homicide and two counts of assault by vessel. He was charged after authorities alleged he was at the helm of a boat involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed an Essex County man and injured two others. The August 3, 2008 accident, which occurred after 1:30 a.m., resulted in the death of Robert Post, a 49-year-old Essex Fells resident who was piloting a 17-foot Boston Whaler that night. Several other people were injured in the accident, two seriously. After the accident, …
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4:17 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Why not report the facts of August 3, 2008: Digilio left the scene of the accident, leaving injured victims in the water Digilio hauled his damaged boat from the water and hid the boat after the accident Why would a boater act in such a matter, he's obviously trying to cover up a crime. Any boater knows that sound on the water travels great distances, more so at night. How he couldn't hear the … more ›