Crime & Safety
Woman Killed In Rollover Crash In Hudson County
A 36-year-old passenger died when the car she was riding in overturned on River Road on Sunday. The male driver was hospitalized.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — A woman was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on River Road in North Bergen, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Monday.
The Prosecutor's Office said that at approximately 8:33 a.m. Sunday, the North Bergen Police Department responded to the area of River Road and Churchill Road on a report of a single motor vehicle collision.
Responding officers found an overturned Toyota Camry Solara in a parking lot adjacent to 8701 River Road.
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The front seat passenger – later identified as Yajira Valenzuela, 36, of West New York – was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle, a 61-year-old West New York man, was transported to Jersey City Medical Center where he is in critical but stable condition.
The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and the North Bergen Police Department are investigating the crash.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at:
https://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/. All information will be kept
confidential.
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