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The Ford was headed north when the 31-year-old rear-seat passenger from Connecticut opened the door and jumped out in the area of milepost 58.4 in Oakland around 9 p.m. Saturday, April 13, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said.
The victim sustained a severe head injury and had stopped breathing, responders said.
Oakland Police Sgt. Michael Griffin and Officers Karley Greulich and Hank Anderson conducted CPR before the man was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson by the Oakland First Aid Squad with paramedics on board, said Capt. Timothy Keenan.
He succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, Lebron said.
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