# Mothers face accused driver at trial over fatal e-bike collision

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/grieving-moms-forced-to-face-their-daughters-suspected-killer-in-court-as-man-goes-to-trial-for-running-over-two-teens-riding-e-bikes/
- Published: 2026-10-27T06:11:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T06:33:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16241477/Grieving-moms-face-daughters-suspected-killer-court-riding-ebikes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Markets, World

## Key points

- Battiloro pleaded not guilty to two murder charges.
- Prosecutors allege he drove at 70mph in a 25mph zone.
- His lawyers plan an insanity or diminished-capacity defence.

## Summary

Vincent Battiloro, 18, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas, both 17, who were killed while riding an electric bike in Cranford, New Jersey. His first in-person court appearance brought the girls’ mothers face to face with him, more than a year after the crash.

Prosecutors allege Battiloro drove at 70mph in a 25mph zone and deliberately struck the teenagers on 29 September 2025. They say he fled, then claimed a carjacker had taken his Jeep, while dashcam footage showed him driving. He faces two first-degree murder charges; his lawyers plan to pursue an insanity or diminished-capacity defence, and prosecutors say no plea deal is being offered.

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