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EXCLUSIVE: An Elmwood Park man struck and killed after he got out of his car on Route 80 in Paterson last night may have deliberately stepped into the vehicle’s path, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. READ MORE….
A law enforcement-related witness who came upon the scene originally told CLIFFVIEW PILOT last night that the victim was in very bad shape and that a vehicle was being sought.
“It was a really bad scene, like a horror movie,” the witness said. “People were running up and down the shoulder.”
This morning, New Jersey State Police confirmed that the man, 28-year-old Leon Garcia-Rivas, was pronounced dead at the scene.
He was hit around 10:45 p.m. after putting on the hazard lights of his car and getting out, they said.
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