Wyckoff Pedestrian Identified As Victim In Friday Hit-And-Run

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A Wyckoff man has been identified as the victim in a hit-and-run in Midland Park on Friday night, prosecutors said.

Paul Adams, 70, was struck on Godwin Avenue at approximately 7:09 p.m. Friday, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.

The Midland Park Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle that night, prosecutors said.

Adams was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was ultimately pronounced dead, prosecutors said.

The striking vehicle left the scene, prosecutors said.

On a Facebook page with details of the incident, a woman wrote, "I know the deceased, Paul. He was a very nice and helpful person."

This was the second hit-and-run in Bergen County in two days in which a male pedestrian was killed. Driver In Lyndhurst Hit-And-Run Tried To Repair Car To Conceal Crime: Prosecutors

Bergen County unveiled an "action plan" in August to curtail deaths on local roads.

Still Seeking Details

The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit is still investigating.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Tips line at (201) 226-5532.

Prosecutor Mark Musella thanked the Midland Park Police Department and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance with the investigation, along with the Tenafly and Paramus police departments, which both participate in the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office
Fatal Accident Task Force.