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Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said authorities were still searching for the driver who kept going after his or her vehicle struck Jossy Israel Laguna-Matamoros on eastbound Route 46 (Winant Avenue) near Ridgefield Avenue in Ridgefield Park shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, April 7.
Laguna-Matamoros was then struck, pinned and dragged beneath a Tesla in the westbound lanes, responders said.
Firefighters raised the vehicle to free Laguna-Matamoros, who was pronounced dead at the scene soon after.
The search for the first vehicle continued Tuesday.
Musella asked that anyone who might have witnessed the fatal crash or has information that can help identify the hit-and-run driver or vehicle contact his tip line: (201) 226-5532.
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NOTES: The highway was reopened on both sides around 4 a.m…. Among the responders were the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit, the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification -- which collected evidence -- and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office, which took the body….Also responding were local police and the state Department of Transportation.
Kyle Mazza/UNF News took the photos and contributed to this article.
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