Crime & Safety
Fort Lee Woman Charged In Fatal Hit-And-Run: Prosecutor
June Reiner, 70, hit Vera P. Zozulevich Dec. 19 with her Mercedes-Benz SUV while she was trying to cross Main Street, authorities said.
FORT LEE, NJ — A borough woman was arrested in the hit-and-run death of a woman Dec. 19, authorities have announced.
June Reiner, 70, of Palisades Avenue, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle collision, said acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo.
Reiner was arrested following an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the Fort Lee Police Department.
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Vera P. Zozulevich was struck twice in the hit-and-run while trying to cross Main Street Dec. 19, Calo previously said. Once by a box truck going west and again by Reiner, who was heading east, Calo said.
The driver of the box truck remained at the scene, but Reiner left, Calo said.
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Reiner is scheduled for a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack Jan. 4.
Email: daniel.hubbard@patch.com
Photo: June Reiner, 70, of Fort Lee (Bergen County Prosecutor's Office)
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