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Pedestrian Killed In Teaneck Crash: Prosecutor
A pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run Thursday night, Nov. 21 in Teaneck, authorities said. Teaneck police responded to several 9-1-1 calls around 6:59 p.m. reporting a person lying in the roadway near the intersection of Cedar Lane and Lincoln Place, according to Deputy Chief Jeff Angermeyer of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Officers determined the individual had been struck by a vehicle, which fled the scene. The victim was transported to Holy Name Hospital, where they were pronounced dead, Angermeyer said. Authorities are withholding the victim’s identity pending n…
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Bergenfield Widower, 94, Charged In Hit-And-Run Death Of Beloved Teacher From Dumont
UPDATE: A 94-year-old widower from Bergenfield was charged with the hit-and-run death of a teacher from Dumont, authorities confirmed on Friday. Ernest F. Hofmann was driving a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup that struck Elizabeth Feliciano-Rosa, 54, as she crossed Madison Avenue at Washington Avenue at 5:19 p.m. Thursday, March 14, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Hofmann kept going, the prosecutor said. CPR was being conducted on the 44-year-old victim after she was struck at Washington &a…
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Detectives Nab Driver From Hudson In Fort Lee Hit-Run Bus Stop Crash That Seriously Injured Two
Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives charged a mechanic from Jersey City with a hit-and-run chain-reaction crash that seriously injured two people at a bus stop near the George Washington Bridge nearly a week ago. Oliver Garcia, 28, was driving 2007 BMW 550i that slammed into a Honda CRV, knocking it into the pedestrians at the Lemoine Avenue bus stop in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch shortly before 7 p.m. last Saturday, Feb. 17, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The Honda driver remained at the scene, but Garcia sped off, the prosecutor said. The pedestrians were taken to…
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 46
A 24-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed before dawn Sunday on Route 46 in Totowa. Officers responding to a 3:47 a.m. call found Ahmed Idid of the Rego Park section of Queens in the left lane next to the median outside a shopping center on the westbound highway across from 46 Lounge on the eastbound side, responders said. He'd been struck by a 2018 Jeep Wrangler driven by a 31-year old Morristown resident who immediately pulled over, they said. Idid was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:11 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Totowa Police Chief Carmen Vene…
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IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Route 17 Crash That Killed Elmwood Park Motorcyclist
VIDEO: A semi-trailer truck that authorities said kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. "The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said. Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Vi…
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? Hackensack Pedestrian, 81, Struck, Killed, Hit-Run SUV Sought
UPDATE: An 81-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed crossing a Hackensack street three blocks from home Thursday night, said authorities who were searching for an SUV that fled the scene. The resident was crossing Polifly Road near Standish Avenue when a dark SUV with tinted windows struck her and kept going shortly after 7 p.m. A second vehicle struck the woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene soon after. "Surveillance video recovered from the area, along with evidence recovered at the scene, indicates that the victim was struck by a 2014 to 2018 black BMW X5," Bergen County Pros…
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: Hackensack Pedestrian, 81, Struck, Killed, Hit-Run SUV Sought
UPDATE: An 81-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed crossing a Hackensack street three blocks from home Thursday night, said authorities who were searching for an SUV that fled the scene. The resident was crossing Polifly Road near Standish Avenue when a dark SUV with tinted windows struck her and kept going shortly after 7 p.m. A second vehicle struck the woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene soon after. "Surveillance video recovered from the area, along with evidence recovered at the scene, indicates that the victim was struck by a 2013 to 2014 black BMW X5," Bergen County Pros…
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4-Week-Old Boy Killed In Hackensack Crash
A 4-week-old boy was killed in a car crash Saturday night in Hackensack. The child apparently was on his mother’s lap when the late-model Mercedes sedan struck a utility pole in front of 286 Passaic Street just after 9 p.m., a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the tragedy said. The boy "sustained head trauma as a result of the accident and was later pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in a brief release Sunday afternoon. A responder reported seeing a child's car seat in the rear cabin of the car. "The ca…
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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. ** 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 Investi…
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Lodi PD: Garfield Driver, 81, Hospitalized After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer
An 81-year-old Garfield driver was hospitalized after his 2007 Mercedes slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer in Lodi and his head hit the windshield, authorities said. North Main Street near Avenue F was closed for nearly four hours after Wednesday’s 12:45 p.m. crash, Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit was summoned, given the severity of the injuries, the chief said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence, he said. The 35-year-old Pennsylvania tractor-trailer driver rem…
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