What you should know
- The incident took place around 5:19 p.m. on Thursday, when police received a call about a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Washington and Madison avenues in Dumont.
- The person hit was identified as Elizabeth Feliciano-Rosa, 54, known to students in the Englewood school community as “Mrs. Rosa.”
- The driver, identified as Ernest F. Hofmann, left the area after hitting the victim while crossing Madison Avenue, an investigation by officials with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office revealed.
NEW YORK — On Friday, Bergen County officials announced the arrest of a 94-year-old man accused of a fatal hit-and-run that took the life of a school teacher Thursday in Dumont, New Jersey.
The incident took place around 5:19 p.m. on Thursday, when police received a call about a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Washington and Madison avenues in Dumont.
The person hit was identified as Elizabeth Feliciano-Rosa, 54, known to students in the Englewood school community as “Mrs. Rosa.”
Rosa, a Dumont resident, was transported to Hackensack University Hospital, where she died as a result of her injuries, authorities confirmed.
The driver, identified as Ernest F. Hofmann, left the area after hitting the victim while crossing Madison Avenue, an investigation by officials with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office revealed.
Hofmann faces multiple charges, including second-degree knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, and fourth-degree obstructing the administration of law, along with several motor vehicle citations.
The elderly man, who was behind the wheel of a pickup truck, was sent to the Bergen County Jail to await his first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, New Jersey.
2024-03-16 06:28:18
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