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Female Pedestrian, 61, Killed In Fort Lee, Fleeing Driver Caught

Authorities took a fleeing driver into custody Wednesday night a short time after a 61-year-old woman was struck and killed in Fort Lee, authorities confirmed.

The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit responded.

The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit responded.

Photo Credit: Jerry DeMarco
June Reiner

June Reiner

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** UPDATE: A 70-year-old Fort Lee woman was charged in the hit-and-run death of a female pedestrian Wednesday **

The victim "was struck by a westbound box truck, then struck again by an eastbound Mercedes-Benz SUV" on Main Street near Jones Road just off Route 46, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "The box truck remained on the scene, but the Mercedes-Benz fled the area."

Detectives from Calo's Fatal Accident Investigation Unit and the Fort Lee Police Department located the SUV and the driver, who was in custody as of 8 p.m.

An investigation was continuing.

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UPDATE: A 65-year-old pedestrian who was struck and killed Wednesday night in Hawthorne was headed to meet his daughter for coffee, a friend said.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/southpassaic/police-fire/pedestrian-65-struck-and-killed-in-hawthorne-was-meeting-his-daughter-for-coffee/746000/

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