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James Dixon, 25, was struck near the intersection of River and Court streets, across from the Bergen County parking garage, shortly after 8 p.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Responders attempted CPR but he was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center soon after, he said.
Police found Fabio Campos Azofeifa, a 47-year-old laborer, a short time later trying to change a flat tire at Temple and Woodridge avenues a mile and a half north of the crash scene.
Detectives charged him with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death.
Azofeifa, who's an Ecuadoran national, remained held Saturday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
The prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit investigated along with Hackensack police. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence.
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