Wayne, NJ
Rep. Robert A. Roe served the State of New Jersey in Congress for over 23 years.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is mad about a plan to name Route 23 after a former Congressman who seriously injured two people while driving drunk.The group wants Governor Corzine to block the already-approved measure to name the northern New Jersey roadway after former U.S. Rep. Robert A. Roe.
The former lawmaker was convicted of driving drunk when he crashed into a minivan in Rockaway Township in 1993, seriously injuring a woman and her 15-year-old daughter.
A Corzine spokesman says the governor was unaware of the accident when he signed a bill approving the renaming last month. Now, to undo the first bill, a second one will have to be passed.
Roe declined comment through his attorney.