A motorized bike operator has been charged in a fatal Kearny collision from February that claimed the life of a 72-year-old woman, Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello announced.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Miguel Aguilar, 44, of Harrison, is charged with causing death while driving suspended, Mello said in a statement.
He was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus and released pending his first court appearance, which is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, May 12th.
At approximately 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday, February 11th, the Kearny Police Department was notified of a pedestrian struck on Kearny Avenue between Bergen Avenue and Afton Street.
Responding officers located an injured woman, later identified as Sheila Cruz, 72, of Kearny, who had been struck by a motorized bicycle.
She was transported to University Hospital in Newark, where she was pronounced dead on Sunday, February 15th.
During the course of the investigation, it was determined Aguilar did not have a valid license or registration to operate the motorized bicycle, authorities said.
