The 17-year-old driver charged with two counts of murder after allegedly killing two teenagers in an e-bike crash in Cranford was described as a “coward of a man” by the victims’ families on Wednesday.

In a statement released to Fox 5 , the families of Isabella Salas and Maria Niotis lashed out at the Garwood teen who was arrested Wednesday.

“It is now vital that the truth be shared: this was not an e-bike accident, and it was not a hit-and-run,” the statement said. “This was murder in the first degree.”

The families’ statement went on to call the driver — a relative of Westfield police chief Christopher Battiloro — “a coward of a man, who had been plotting this attack against Maria for months, carried out this horrific act, taking not only her life but also Isabella’s.”

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