The first victim was out of the car and the second was extricated by firefighters following the crash on the northbound highway near Mountainside Avenue in Mahwah around 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 11, Mayor Jim Wysocki said.
The driver of the rig kept going, apparently unaware that it had been hit, the mayor said.
Both victims were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, responders said.
No other information was immediately available.
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