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East Orange Man, 28, Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Newark Woman, 43
An East Orange man has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a Newark woman.
Peter Andrews, 28, was behind the wheel of a white Acura when he struck Yahaira Marrero-Marcano, 43, of Newark, while she was walking on the 200 block of Central Avenue in East Orange, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said.
Marrero-Marcano was transported to Rutgers University Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 1:06 a.m. on Thursday, April 29, Stephens said alongside East Orange Police Chief Phyllis Bindi.
Andrews was charged with knowingly leaving the s…