HUDSON COUNTY REGIONAL COLLISION INVESTIGATION UNIT ARRESTS DRIVER IN FATAL HIT AND RUN THAT KILLED JERSEY CITY MAN Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information: The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit has arrested and charged the driver in |
a fatal hit and run in Bayonne that killed a 50-year-old Jersey City man Thursday night. James Nichols, 50, of Bayonne, has been charged with Leaving the Scene of a Motor Vehicle Collision Resulting in Death in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-5.1, a crime of the second degree. Nichols was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City shortly before |
12:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2020. On Thursday, September 10, 2020, members of the Bayonne Police Department responded to Avenue C and the area of 25th Street at approximately 10:20 p.m. on reports of a pedestrian struck with life-threatening injuries. The victim, a 50-year-old Jersey City man, later identified as John Hagans, was pronounced deceased at 10:41 p.m. at the scene. According to the initial investigation, the victim was attempting to cross Avenue C when he was struck by a dark-colored vehicle that was traveling southbound on Avenue C. The driver fled the |
scene. Moments later, a NJ Transit bus ran over the victim who was already on the ground at the time and notified police. |
Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and the Bayonne Police Department with the investigation and arrest. |
The above charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).
