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Around 6 a.m., police responded to a pedestrian struck at Tonnelle Avenue and 91st Street and found Nestor Naira-Ojeda, a 52-year-old North Bergen resident, who was pronounced dead at the scene after he was pinned against a guardrail, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez and authorities said.
The driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee remained at the scene, Suarez said.
An investigation by North Bergen police revealed a second vehicle, a box truck driven by Maximo Rodriguez, had been involved in the crash but did not remain at the scene, Suarez said.
Rodriguez was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash resulting in death, Suarez said.
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