BMW Driver Struck Teen On Teaneck Sidewalk After Fleeing: Police
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A Paterson man has been charged with aggravated assault, eluding, and assault by auto after he fled a police traffic stop in Teaneck and struck a teen girl, according to the Teaneck police.Police said that on April 16, at 4:49 p.m., Teaneck Police Officer Kyle Rosen saw a driver in a gray BMW commit traffic violations on Palisade Avenue near Votee Park.He initiated a traffic stop, police said."The vehicle initially pulled over, but as the officer approached on foot to engage the driver, the vehicle fled southbound at a high rate of speed," said a release from Chief Andrew McGurr. Officer Rosen did not pursue the vehicle but notified headquarters of its description and direction of travel.A short time later, Rosen discovered a pedestrian victim of a hit-and-run motor vehicle crash nearby at the intersection of Palisade Avenue and Dewey Place, police said.The 18-year-old female Teaneck resident had been walking on the sidewalk near Dewey Place when she was struck, police said. She was treated on scene by members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps and then taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment for non-life threatening injures, police said.Investigators obtained surveillance video and eventually arrested Michael Hammond, 32, in Saddle Brook, police said.Hammond was taken to the Bergen County Jail to await a court appearance.The article BMW Driver Struck Teen On Teaneck Sidewalk After Fleeing: Police appeared first on Ridgewood-Glen Rock, NJ Patch.
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