2020 Elizabeth road rage incident: Vincent Jean sentenced to 25 years for intentionally running over woman after fender bender

NEW JERSEY (WABC) — A New Jersey man was sentenced to 25 years Friday after being convicted of trying to kill a woman with his car during a road rage incident in Elizabeth.

Vincent Jean, 56, was convicted by a jury in February on a list of charges that included attempted first-degree murder.

Jean drove directly toward Morgan Scott, 23, as she took photos of her car after the couple was involved in a minor car accident at Salem Avenue and Aberdeen Road in April 2022, prosecutors said.

Scott suffered serious injuries, including a fractured neck, spine and liver laceration, and was taken to University Hospital in critical condition.

Elizabeth police eventually located Jean sitting alone in the driver’s seat of his damaged van parked on Jefferson Avenue. Prosecutors said he is unemployed and has a prior violent conviction for aggravated assault.

The harrowing incident was captured on video and there were at least five witnesses.

The judge said Jean showed a depraved indifference to human life and called it a miracle that the victim lived.