HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — A 40-year-old man has been charged following a collision early September in North Bergen that left a pedestrian injured, according to local media.
The incident was reported in the area of Bergenline Avenue and 92nd Street (JFK Boulevard East) on Friday, September 8, shortly after 3:30 a.m.
North Bergen Police said officers arrived in the area to find that Steve Inoa, a local resident, was driving a Honda Pilot that had hit a 65-year-old female pedestrian in the intersection’s east sidewalk.
Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the woman to Hackensack University Medical Center with unspecified injuries.
Inoa, who was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus, was later released but is expect to make his first appearance in court on Thursday, October 26. He has been charged with “Assault by Auto While Driving While Intoxicated and Causing Serious Bodily Injury.”
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