A Fort Lee man died in the hospital Saturday night about four-and-a-half hours after getting hit by a car while he was trying to cross Anderson Avenue between Jane Street and Catherine Street, according to authorities.
A 65-year-old Fort Lee man died Saturday night after getting hit by a car on Anderson Avenue, police said. At about 5:15 p.m. Saturday, police received calls saying a pedestrian had been struck near the exit of the Church of the Madonna. Officers from the Fort Lee Police Department’s Patrol Division and Detective Bureau responded, conducting an on-scene investigation, which concluded that Gerard A. Deangelis was hit by a 1999 Toyota Corolla while attempting to cross Anderson between Jane and Catherine Streets, police said. Paramedics treated the victim at the scene, and the Fort Lee Ambulance Corps transported him to Hackensack University Medical Center with what police described as life-threatening injuries. But Deangelis died at the …
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Anderson Ave & Catherine St, Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee woman struck while crossing pedestrian crosswalk at intersection of Route 5 and Anderson Ave.
Authorities are investigating an accident involving a pedestrian at the intersection of Route 5 and Anderson Avenue, Friday night. Carrie Wong, 30, of Fort Lee, was struck by a 2009 black Chevy SUV driven by 64-year old Charles Hays of Edgewater Friday, according to Fort Lee police. Hong was crossing the pedestrian crosswalk at the intersection of Route 5 and Anderson Avenue when she was struck by the front of Hays' SUV, causing her to be thrown to the ground, police reported. Police said that Wong was transported by the Fort Lee Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Hackensack University Medical Center where she was being treated for trauma as a result of the accident. Police have charged Hays with assault by auto DWI, reckless driving, …
Barbara LeBow
9:15 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
Anderson and Jane is not a bridge issue. We can't blame everything on the bridge. Bad driving and carelessness are the issues at hand here. We barely a month into 2013 and already there are 3 pedestrians hit and one killed in pedestrian vs car altercations. When is this going to stop? Don't blame the bridge put the blame where it belongs on carelessness and a lack of enforcement. more ›