A man has been charged for a July 2021 North Bergen hit-and-run that badly injured a pedestrian, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Thomas Adedeji, of Orange, is charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision resulting in serious bodily injury and endangering an injured victim, Suarez said in a statement.
He was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City by and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.
On Saturday, July 3rd, 2021, at approximately 2:15 a.m., the North Bergen Police Department responded to the area of Bergenline Avenue and 74th Street on reports of a pedestrian stuck.
Responding officers found a man – later identified as a 50-year-old Fairview resident – with life threatening injuries. The vehicle involved in the collision left the scene.
The victim was transported by Emergency Medical Services to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment.
An investigation by the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and the North Bergen Police Department determined the victim was crossing Bergenline Avenue near the 74th Street intersection when he was struck by a silver Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck that was traveling north.
Suarez credited the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit, North Bergen Police Department, Guttenberg Police Department, and Cliffside Park Police Department with the investigation and arrest.
