Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Seek Witnesses in Bergenfield Hit-and-Run

The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Bergenfield Police Department are looking for information relative to a hit and run collision in Bergenfield after the vehicle involved fled the scene.

Bergenfield Police received a call just before 8 p.m. on Jan. 15 “reporting that a person had been struck by a motor vehicle in the roadway in the area of 52 Woodbine Street [in] Bergenfield,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said.

Officers found the victim, Brian Gilligan, 32, of Bergenfield, lying in the northbound lane of Woodbine Street, with “injuries consistent with having been struck by a motor vehicle,” Molinelli said.

An investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit (FAIU) and the Bergenfield Police Department determined Gilligan was struck “by a motor vehicle as he stood in the northbound lane of travel, attempting to stop traffic to allow a truck to exit a nearby business.” The vehicle involved was driving north on Woodbine Street at the time of the collision and fled.

Gilligan was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he remains while being treated for serious injuries.

The collision was captured by local business surveillance cameras and shows the vehicle, which appears to be a dark colored, four door sedan. The vehicle may have damage to its front end on the driver’s side, according to Molinelli.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit at 201-226-5500 (BCPO Tips Line 201-226-5532) or the Bergenfield Police Department at 201-387-4000.