Prosecutor: NJ Transit bus strikes and kills pedestrian, 66, in North Bergen

An NJ Transit bus struck a 66-year-old pedestrian in North Bergen early Tuesday morning, with the man dying from his injuries the following day, Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello announced.

Just before 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9th, the North Bergen Police Department was notified of a pedestrian struck in the area of Bergenline Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard East, Mello said in a statement.

Responding officers located an injured man – later identified as Alan Harris, 66, of Hackensack – who had been struck by a NJ Transit bus, which remained at the scene.

The bus was traveling on the No. 84 line from Jersey City to North Bergen when the fatal incident occurred…

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