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Video: Haworth Nanny, Baby Stroller Struck By Hit-Run Van, Fleeing Rockland Driver Caught

A Haworth nanny and an infant she was pushing in a stroller were struck Wednesday by a van driven by a FedEx worker from Rockland who fled the scene, authorities said.

The entire incident was captured on home security video in Haworth.

The entire incident was captured on home security video in Haworth.

Photo Credit: HAWORTH PD
Sgt. Frank Visaggio, the Demarest Police Traffic Unit supervisor

Sgt. Frank Visaggio, the Demarest Police Traffic Unit supervisor

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Photo Credit: Haworth PD

A police sergeant in neighboring Demarest stopped David Gutfeld, 56, of Airmont a short time later, Haworth Police Chief Michael Gracey said.

The child was OK, but the 55-year-old nanny had to be hospitalized, Gracey said, adding that the entire incident was captured on home security video.

“Lucky thing the child was strapped in securely,” he said.

Video shows the white Enterprise rental van plowing into the nanny and 1½-year-old girl in the stroller at the curb outside a Brook Street home around 10 a.m.

The fallen nanny quickly struggles to get up, right the carriage and move it to safety.

Gutfeld, after stopping briefly, heads off down the street (see below).

Demarest Police Sgt. Frank Visaggio was leaving his headquarters moments later when he spotted the van.

Visaggio, a 23-year law enforcement veteran who’s been with the Demarest department since July 2000, stopped Gutfeld and held him for his Haworth colleagues.

They charged Gutfeld, formerly of Bergen County, with reckless driving, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash and failing to report it.

The nanny was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Gracey said.

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