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Update: Pedestrian, 78, From Fairview Struck, Killed In Hackensack
A 78-year-old pedestrian who was struck and killed by an SUV in Hackensack early Wednesday apparently wasn't in the crosswalk of a dangerous intersection, authorities said.
Vilma Tasciyan of Fairview was struck in front of Hallak Cleaners on busy Johnson Avenue near Zabriskie Street around 6:45 a.m., police confirmed.
An off-duty EMT rushed to give her CPR, which was taken over by responding police officers, Capt. Nicole Foley said.
Tasciyan, formerly of North Bergen, was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center at 7:18 a.m., a little over a half-hour after she was struck. …
