Edison Man Charged In Hit And Run Of Woman In Secaucus

SECAUCUS, NJ — On Sunday morning, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced that an Edison man has been arrested and charged with the non-fatal hit and run of a woman that happened around dawn last Thursday near Laurel Hill Park.

Som Abrol, 59, of Edison, was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a car accident resulting in serious injury, a third-degree crime, and endangering an injured victim, also in the third degree.

Abrol was arrested Saturday at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s office in Secaucus. The arrest was made by the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and Secaucus Police.

He was released pending his first court appearance, which is tentatively scheduled for February 13.

Police say he struck a 49-year-old Jersey City woman at 6:40 a.m. last Thursday in the area of Paul Amico Way and New County Road. He then fled the scene, but his truck was later recovered.

He remained at large until his arrest Saturday.

The woman has not been named. She survived, but was seriously injured. As of Sunday afternoon, she remains in the Jersey City Medical Center, where she has been upgraded to stable condition and continues to recuperate.

A Secaucus Police lieutenant was in the direct area of the crash and rendered aid to the woman.

Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and the
Secaucus Police Department with the investigation and arrest of Abrol.

This marks the second time in the same week someone in or from Secaucus was hit by a car, and the driver then fled without stopping to give aid: Last Friday, Jan. 20, a Secaucus woman was hit by a car and killed in a hit and run in Carlstadt. The woman who was killed is Deborah Peko-Lillis, 61, a longtime and well-known Secaucus resident.

The driver of the Toyota Rav4 similarly fled the scene, said police, but he was later located. Justinian Cuevasmetemi, 71, of Passaic, was charged with second-degree leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, and third-degree endangering an injured victim.

Prior reporting on these incidents: Jersey City Woman Hit By Car At XChange Remains In Critical Condition (Jan. 26)

Secaucus Woman Hit, Killed By Car In Carlstadt Hit And Run: Police (Jan. 23)