At 6:30 p.m., Shawnita Ferguson was crossing the street at 398 Springfield Ave. across from The Home Depot in Newark, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. Ferguson was crossing mid-block behind an NJ Transit bus stopped at a bus stop when she was hit by a Chevrolet Equinox traveling westbound, authorities said.
Ferguson was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The driver and his passenger remained at the scene and called 9-1-1, authorities said. They were not injuried, authorities said…