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Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed By Pickup, Landscaping Trailer
A 76-year-old Hackensack pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night.
Carol Ventura, a North Bergen native who lived on Prospect Avenue, was in the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was turning from southbound Summit Avenue onto eastbound Passaic Street shortly after 8:30 p.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said.
"After being hit, she was subsequently run over by a westbound landscaping truck’s trailer," Foley said.
Ventura was pronounced dead a short time later at Hackensack University Medical Center.
The pickup truck driver, 42, of Rochelle Park, told…
Hackensack Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed
A 76-year-old Hackensack pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night.
Carol Ventura, a North Bergen native who lived on Prospect Avenue, was in the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was turning from southbound Summit Avenue onto eastbound Passaic Street shortly after 8:30 p.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said.
"After being hit, she was subsequently run over by a westbound landscaping truck’s trailer," Foley said.
Ventura was pronounced dead a short time later at Hackensack University Medical Center.
The pickup truck driver, 42, of Rochelle Park, told…
