$1,000 Reward Offered For Help In Englewood Hit-And-Run Case

ENGLEWOOD, NJ — Authorities are offering a $1,000 reward for information that helps them in the ongoing investigation of a hit-and-run that hit a 15-year-old earlier this month.

Cristian Valdez was hit by a dark-colored Audi A6 at about 9:50 p.m. on Knickerboker Road near the Bilmar Place in Englewood, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office previously announced. The Audi was made sometime between 2001 and 2004, authorities said.

The Englewood, Teneck, Bergenfield, Bogota, and Hackensack CrimeStoppers Group is offering the reward.

Valdez clung to life for a few days following the hit-and-run, but is now "conscious and improving quickly," according to an update on a GoFundMe page created to help raise money to aid in his recovery.

The Audi will have front-end damage, including a broken grille, and possible damage to the bumper, hood, and windshield, authorities said.

CrimeStoppers can be contacted 24 hours a day at 1-844-466-6789 or online at bergencrimestoppers.org. CrimesStoppers is also on Facebook.

Related:

• NJ Search For Hit-And-Run Driver As Victim, 15, Clings To Life
• Vehicle In Englewood Hit-And-Run With Kid ID'd: Prosecutor

With reporting by Tom Davis

Email daniel.hubbard@patch.com

Lead photo courtesy of GoFundMe, a promotional partner of Patch/Second photo: An Audi A6, like the one that struck and injured Cristian Valdez