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The accident was still under investigation and no charges had been filed as of June 24, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said.
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A 20-year-old woman from Queens suffered life-threatening injuries when the car she was travelling in collided with another vehicle in West New York around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.
Fernando Batista, a 24-year-old North Bergen man, was driving a 2002 Acura north on Jefferson Street when the car collided with a 2004 Infiniti traveling west on 60th Street, according to West New York police and the county’s Regional Collision Investigation Unit.
The woman, who was not identified, was a passenger in Batista’s car and was hospitalized at Jersey City Medical Center in critical condition Tuesday, the prosecutor’s office said.
Batista and another passenger, a 22-year-old man from North Bergen, were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Richard Henao, a 26-year-old man who was driving the Infiniti, was also hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. A passenger in his vehicle, a 26-year-old man from Clifton, refused medical attention.
No charges had been filed as of Tuesday. The collision investigation unit is investigating along with West New York police. Anyone with information is asked to call the prosecutor’s office at 201-915-1345 or email a tip to http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/.
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