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At approximately 12:30 a.m., Vineland police responded to North Delsea Drive near West Wheat Road about a pedestrian who appeared to be struck by a vehicle on the shoulder of the roadway. Responding units arrived to find the pedestrian later identified as Bruce E. Byron, 60, of Vineland dead.
The preliminary investigation revealed a gray in color Nissan Altima model year range 2013-2015 with an unknown registration was traveling northbound on Delsea Drive when it made contact with the pedestrian who was pushing a shopping cart in the northbound lane of North Delsea Drive.
The vehicle which should have front passenger side damage, specifically a missing passenger side bumper, fog light housing, and a missing passenger side mirror left the scene of the crash traveling northbound.
An investigation is still ongoing and Officer Christian Morales of the Vineland Police Traffic Safety Unit is the lead investigator to the case.
Anyone with any information about this case is encouraged to contact Morales at 856-691-4111 x4942, our dispatch center at 856-696-1212.
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