By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, June 26, 1991
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A man in custody on charges of driving a stolen car and eluding police is also being investigated in connection with a hit-and-run accident that left a 16-year-old township girl with two broken legs, police said.
Rosa Sanfilippo of Broadway Street was in stable condition at the Jersey City Medical Center Tuesday, a hospital spokesman said.
Luis Urrutia, 41, of 9008 Bergenwood Ave., North Bergen, was being held in the Bergen County Jail on $5,000 bail. Palisades Park police arrested him in Edgewater, following a chase that began on Bergen Boulevard in Palisades Park shortly after a broadcast of the accident over the police scanner about 10:45 p.m. Sunday. He was charged with possessing stolen property the car and eluding police.
North Bergen Police Officer George Alburtus said Sanfilippo was at Broadway and 77th Street when a northbound car struck her, then fled. He declined to identify the suspect, citing an ongoing investigation, but said North Bergen police are exploring charges against a suspect arrested by Palisades Park police.
The suspect was arrested following a chase that began in Palisades Park a short time after the accident, Alburtus said.
Palisades Park Police Officer Michael Anderson began chasing the white 1977 Pontiac that Urrutia was driving at about 11 p.m., after hearing the broadcast and telling the driver to pull over, police said.
Keywords: NORTH BERGEN; MOTOR VEHICLE; ACCIDENT
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