Police Seek Public's Help With Palisades Park Hit-And-Run

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Authorities are asking the public for help regarding a hit-and-run in Palisades Park early Sunday morning.

Palisades Park police got a call at 2:14 a.m. about a fight happening outside of 400 Bergen Boulevard, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said.

When they got there, police found a 33-year-old man with serious injuries lying in the road, authorities said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in critical, but stable condition.

Surveillance video from the area indicated that three men assaulted the victim and left him unconscious on East Palisade Boulevard, authorities said. The man was then hit by a 2012-2018 BMW X5, four-door SUV, officials said.

The vehicle went north on Bergen Boulevard toward Fort Lee after hitting the victim.

Anyone with information regarding the hit-and-run or the preceding assault is asked to call the prosecutor's office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit at 201-226-5595 or the Palisades Park Police Department at 201-944-0900.

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