Crossing street, woman, 64, is latest victim of dangerous stretch of Hackensack road

ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN DEATH: Hackensack police closed Polifly Road, above and below, on Sunday night to investigate after a woman, 64, was struck by an SUV as she tried to cross the street. She died at the hospital.

  

By VICTOR E. SASSON

EDITOR

HACKENSACK -- The victim -- a 64 year-old woman -- was struck by a Cadillac Escalade on Polifly Road, near Mary Street and Route 80, around 8:30 p.m. Sunday night, police said.

She was later pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center, police said.

The driver, 65, also of Hackensack, remained on the scene, but no summonses were immediately issued.

Lillian J. Holmes

On March 4, 2021, Lillian J. Holmes, 81, died after she was knocked down by a hit-run driver and struck by a second vehicle, which stayed on the scene, as she crossed to the CVS on Polifly Road -- designated as a county street.

There are no crosswalks or warning signs for pedestrians or drivers along a 6-block stretch of the 4-lane Polifly Road between Essex and Lodi streets, and at night the street is dark from the lack of lighting.

No changes were made by Bergen County or PSE&G after Holmes death, which the county Prosecutor's office says remains unsolved.

Public information

Hackensack police refused to release any information to me, a former reporter at The Record of Hackensack and author of The Sasson Report.

A police supervisor referred me to the Daily Voice, which didn't identify the woman who was killed.