Exclusive: Mother of two struck, killed on Route 46 leaving Teterboro ‘Wings and Wheels’ Expo

A 28-year-old Little Ferry mother of two was struck and killed while walking along the shoulder of Route 46 East outside Teterboro Airport Sunday afternoon, Moonachie Police Chief Michael J. Maguire told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Claudia Suits attended The “Wings and Wheels Expo” at the airport with her family, then decided to walk home, the chief said.

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Jerry DeMarco

09/26/2010 11:07 p.m.

Police officers from Moonachie and Little Ferry valiantly try to save Claudia Suits before she was taken by Hasbrouck Heights First Aid to Hackensack U. Medical Center.
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ALERT (7:45 p.m.): Rt. 46 reopened near tragic scene.

Suits was struck by a vehicle driven by John Passarella, 51, of
Hasbrouck Heights, who “stopped and cooperated,” Maguire told CVP.

“As of this time it does not appear as though criminal charges will be filed,” the chief said, adding that Passarella was brought to the hospital, as well, after being shaken up by the crash.

New Jersey State Police closed the highway so that local and county investigators could determine what happened. County police kept a stretch of the roadway closed.

McGuire told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that a joint investigation is underway involving the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office’s Fatal Accident Unit and his detectives.

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