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Carlstadt NJ, a Passaic man has been arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Carlstadt on Friday night that resulted in the death of a 61-year-old pedestrian from Secaucus.
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According to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office the crash occurred on Hoboken Road at 10:19 p.m. A 2017 Toyota RAV-4 operated by Justinian Cuevasmetemi struck Peko-Lillis as she crossed Fatal Hoboken Road. The driver Cuevasmetemi subsequently fled the area prior to police arrival.
The pedestrian, Deborah Peko-Lillis of Secaucus, was gravely injured, according to the investigation conducted by the an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Carlstadt Police Department and was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center where she was pronounced dead as a result of the injuries she sustained during the collision.
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Justinian Cuevasmetemi, 70, of 200 Pennington Avenue, Passaic, was arrested after allegedly leaving the scene of the crash.
Prosecutor Musella states that the charges are merely accusations and that the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and he would also like to thank the Carlstadt Police Department and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department for their assistance in this investigation.