Union City E-Scooterist, 22, Killed By Sanitation Truck, Prosecutor Says
A 22-year-old Union City man was killed after an electric scooter collided with a sanitation truck on the Bergen Turnpike early Wednesday, July 15, authorities said.
Union City police were notified of the crash at approximately 3:30 a.m., according to Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello.
Responding officers found the electric scooter operator, later identified as Mauricio Rodriguez, 22, of Union City, with serious injuries, the prosecutor said. Rodriguez was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit is investigating the f…
Pedestrian Struck On Jericho Turnpike Dies Week After Woodbury Crash
A man who was critically injured after being struck by a car on Long Island has died from his injuries, Nassau County police announced Wednesday, July 1.
David Ramos Acosta, 34, of Queens, succumbed to his injuries after the crash and was pronounced dead by a hospital physician on Monday, June 15, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Authorities publicly identified him in an update released Wednesday, July 1.
The crash happened on Monday, June 8, when Acosta was struck by a 2005 Honda traveling east on Jericho Turnpike near Village Lane in Woodbury at approximately 9:15 p.m., …
