the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ho-Ho Kus NJ, the Ho-Ho-Kus police department re seeking the public’s help finding the hit-and-run driver whose sedan struck and severely injured a borough woman walking her dog near the Ridgewood border last Tuesday night.
Ho-Ho-Kus Police Chief Christopher Minchin said that a 57-year-old pedestrian was crossing in a marked crosswalk on North Maple Avenue at 1st Street when she was struck around 7 p.m. by a red sedan that then kept going north on Maple Avenue.The victim sustained severe head trauma that required surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center, he said.
A witness scooped up the woman’s dog, and placed it into a Ridgewood police patrol vehicle, The dog was later returned to her husband and two daughters.
Ridgewood Police also responded as well as the Ho-Ho-Kus Volunteer Ambulance Corps and an ALS unit from Valley Hospital.
Chief Minchin asked that anyone who saw or knows something about the crash to call Ho-Ho-Kus police: (201) 652-1700. All calls will be kept confidential. He has also asked residents and merchants in the area to check their surveillance video around that time and to contact Detective Chris Santos if they can provide any information that could help find the driver.
i hope they catch the POS who was the driver.