At 2:32 a.m., first responders in Croton-on-Hudson responded to a report of a pedestrian lying in the roadway on Route 9 and transported the man to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Croton police said.
Using pieces of the vehicle found in the roadway, the driver of the car was identified as Edisson E. Quichimbo-Guayara, according to news reports from News12 and NJ Advance Media.
Police did not name the driver in a release and did not respond to a request for comment.
Quichimbo-Guayara was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident, a class D felony.
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