The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) has released audio and video materials related to a fatal crash that occurred on October 18, 2024, in Holland Township, Hunterdon County. The incident followed an attempted motor vehicle stop by law enforcement. The individual who died in the crash was identified as Scott Segreaves, Jr., age 20, from Zuni, Virginia.
According to the OPIA, the release includes audio from an automated 9-1-1 call made by an iPhone and radio transmissions from the Holland Police Department. Video footage from commercial surveillance cameras is also part of the evidence disclosed. The office stated that these recordings are being shared in accordance with policies established in 2019 “designed to promote the fair, impartial, and transparent investigation of a person’s death during an encounter with law enforcement.” Representatives for Mr. Segreaves’ family were given a chance to review the recordings before they were made public.
Preliminary findings indicate that at around 10:24 p.m., Mr. Segreaves was driving on Water Street in Milford Borough when New Jersey State Police Staff Sergeant Nicholas Pryszlak attempted to follow his vehicle due to a speeding violation. Surveillance video captured both vehicles traveling on Frenchtown Road before making left turns onto Stamets Road. At this point, Sergeant Pryszlak activated his lights and sirens, but Mr. Segreaves continued driving. About 45 seconds later, after losing sight of Mr. Segreaves’ vehicle, Sergeant Pryszlak turned off his emergency lights and sirens.
Sergeant Pryszlak then spoke with a civilian driver heading in the opposite direction; upon confirmation that another car had passed by recently, he continued along Stamets Road and then turned onto Gallmeier Road for approximately ninety seconds.
At approximately 10:28 p.m., authorities received an automated voice message from an iPhone alerting them that its owner had been involved in a severe crash. Using coordinates provided by the message, law enforcement searched the area and found Mr. Segreaves’ overturned vehicle down an embankment near Stamets Road and Gallmeier Road at about 10:58 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The OPIA noted that under state law N.J.S.A. 52:17B-107(a)(2), their office is required to investigate any death occurring during an encounter with law enforcement or while a person is in custody. These investigations must be presented to a grand jury to determine whether charges should be filed against involved officers.
“The investigation is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time,” according to the statement from OPIA.
Further details about how fatal police encounters are investigated under New Jersey’s Independent Prosecutor Directive can be found on the Attorney General’s website (https://www.njoag.gov/independent-prosecutor/).
Members of the press may contact the Communications Office for access to download links for the released recordings.
