NJ.COM HAS REPORTED A 55-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS DIED FRIDAY AFTER HE WAS HIT BY A CAR AT AN INTERSECTION IN BERGEN COUNTY. ACCORDING TO AUTHORIERS, POLICE WERE CALLED ABOUT 5:30 P.M. TO THE INTERSECTION OF KNICKERBOCKER ROAD AND MAPLE STREET IN CRESSKILL. CRESSKILL POLICE SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. CRESSKILL POLICE, THE BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, AND THE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE INVESTIGATED, WHERE THE DRIVER REMAINED AT THE SCENE AND WAS NOT CHARGED. THE VICTIM’S NAME HAS YET TO BE RELEASED.
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED A BODY WAS FOUND IN A RIVER IN FAIR LAWN ON THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 9TH. SGT. ERIC ELESHEWICH (IL-ESH-YOO-ITCH) OF THE FAIR LAWN POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE BODY WAS RECOVERED IN THE PASSAIC RIVER AT THE DEAD END OF FIRST STREET. ELESHEWICH SAID THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY RELATED TO THE RECOVERED BODY. OFFICIALS ARE STILL WORKING ON IDENTIFYING THE PERSON. THIS IS A CONFIRMED SECOND TIME IN A WEEK THAT A PERSON WAS FOUND IN A BODY OF WATER IN NORTH JERSEY. TOWN MAYOR HECTOR LORA ANNOUNCED THAT ON NOVEMBER 3RD, THE BODY OF AN OVER 50-YEAR-OLD PASSAIC MAN WAS FOUND AT HUGHES LAKE IN THIRD WARD PARK IN PASSAIC. THERE WAS NO SUSPICION OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY RELATED TO THE DEATH.
