News: Tony D Killed In Car Accident

Word has been circulating for about 48 hours now that famed music producer and emcee Anthony "Tony D" Depula was killed in a tragic car accident while driving in New Jersey. At approximately 6:20 P.M. ET, Depula was said to of lost control of his 2002 purple Jeep. Depula's vehicle went up over the curb and struck a fence, overturning onto its passenger side. Depula was unconscious at the scene and was transported to Capital Health Systems at Fuld, where he was pronounced dead, according to police. He was not wearing a seat belt and sustained an injury to his neck.

Police arrived to the scene nearly ten minutes after the crash was called in. About a dozen neighbors rushed to the overturned vehicle, shattering the windshield to try to get the man out, said John Skoglund, from the 200 block of Henry Street. "We tried to get him out. He was too heavy to get out through the windshield," Skoglund said, adding that "it was a while, a good 10 minutes" before police or other emergency personnel responded at the scene. But police said they were there within a minute of the accident being called in.

Known to his fans and in the Hip-Hop world as "Tony D", Depula produced a variety of hip-hop acts, including the likes of Y.Z. , Poor Righteous Teachers, The Crusaders For Real Hip-Hop as well as his own album Droppin Funky Verses. Depula was 42.

-NJ.com