Man Dies After Vehicle Hits Him In Oakland Parking Lot: Police

OAKLAND, NJ — A 56-year-old man died after he tripped, fell and was hit by a vehicle in a Spruce Street parking lot Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Police received a call at 4:13 p.m. that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle and suffered a "severe head injury," said Lt. Christian Eldridge. Police officers, members of the Oakland First Aid Squad and Valley Hospital paramedics responded to the scene.

First responders tried to save the Lincoln Park resident's life, but he died from his injuries, Eldridge said. A helicopter was requested to take the victim to the hospital, but it was subsequently cancelled, he said.

The initial investigation revealed that the man was walking east in the parking lot when he tripped and fell and was hit by a 2016 Chevrolet box truck, Eldridge said.

Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene. Detective Keith Docwra, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit and the Bergen County Sheriff's Department responded to the scene to investigate the crash.

Police did not release the victim's and driver's identities and no charges were filed against the driver, a 34-year-old Garnerville, New York resident.

Authorities will continue to investigate the incident.

The man is the second person to die in Oakland in less than two weeks after being hit by a vehicle.

Nora Kohlash, 38, was walking with an acquaintance on the sidewalk in front of 18 Thackeray Road Feb. 21 when they were hit by a vehicle backing out of a driveway, police previously said. Kohlash was pronounced dead at the scene.

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