Crime & Safety
Passaic County Woman Hit By Car, Killed In Central Jersey
The woman was attempting to cross a major highway before she was hit, authorities said.
PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — A Passaic County woman has died after she was struck by a car in Monmouth County, according to officials.
Sherril Sakas, 70, of Totowa, was pronounced dead after a collision in Marlboro Township, officials said.
On Saturday, around 7:30 a.m., Marlboro police were called to the area of US Route 9 and County Route 520 on a report that a pedestrian had been hit by a car.
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Police found that Sakas was trying to cross from the southbound to the northbound side of traffic when a Honda CR-V struck her, officials said.
She was rushed to Hackensack Meridian Hospital in Old Bridge, where she succumbed to her injuries, officials said.
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The driver of the Honda, a 69-year-old Tinton Falls man, remained on the site of the crash, police added. No charges have been filed at this time.
The crash is currently under investigation, and anyone with additional information on the incident is asked to contact the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office’s Detective Brian Boryszewski at 800-533-7443 or the Marlboro Township Police Department’s Officer Michael Morgante at 732-536-0100.
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