Crime & Safety
Girl Killed In Newark Hit-And-Run; $10K Reward To Catch Driver: Police
A car hit a father and his two young children as they were crossing the street in Newark. The driver kept going, authorities said.
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $10,000 reward to help catch the person who killed a child in a hit-and-run crash in Newark earlier this week.
A “vehicle-pedestrian collision” caused the death of a 5-year-old girl on Tuesday evening. The collision also injured her father and sister, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, which released the following statement about the death:
“On January 31, at 6:44 p.m., Newark police notified the Essex County Prosecutor’s Crime Scene Investigations Bureau of a vehicle-pedestrian collision at the intersection of 6th Avenue and North 9th Street. The girl was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. Her father and younger sister were taken to University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.”
According to a statement from Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura, the collision took place while the father was carrying the 5-year-old child in his arms and holding his 2-year-old’s hand as they crossed the street.
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The car hit all of them and the driver kept going, Fontoura said.
On Thursday, authorities announced that the Essex County Sheriff’s Crime Stoppers Program is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the fatal hit-and-run.
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Authorities said that anyone with information can contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.
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