{"id":802284,"date":"2026-05-17T06:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/802284\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T06:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:24:47","slug":"jersey-city-man-charged-in-hit-and-run-crash-that-injured-pedestrian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/802284\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey City Man Charged in Hit-and-Run Crash That Injured Pedestrian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rlsmedia.com\/nj\/jersey-city\" class=\"tag-location mb-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey City<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\"><strong>By: Richard L. Smith\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\">Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello announced that a Jersey City man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run collision that injured a pedestrian earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/board33.org\/2026-iaabo-fall-seminar-raritan-convention-center\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-uuid=\"7be76e73-8caa-4ba9-a510-69704979eda4\" data-entity-type=\"file\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2210_210.jpeg\" width=\"539\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Ad\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;min-height:29px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\">Authorities said Jayden Medina, 23, of Jersey City, was arrested Thursday by members of the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\">Medina is charged with third-degree endangering an injured victim under New Jersey law. Officials said he was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Secaucus and later released on a summons pending his first court appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;min-height:29px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\">According to investigators, the incident occurred shortly before 8 a.m. on May 9 near the intersection of John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Duncan Avenue in Jersey City.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\">Members of the Hudson County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to reports of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle and found a 37-year-old woman suffering from non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/board33.org\/2026-iaabo-fall-seminar-raritan-convention-center\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-uuid=\"7d58f420-e92e-495b-9e4d-688d1e617b02\" data-entity-type=\"file\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2210_209.jpeg\" width=\"539\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Ad\"\/><\/a><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\">Officials said the striking vehicle, later identified as a 2010 Nissan Sentra, fled the scene following the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;min-height:29px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-size-adjust:none;font-size:23px;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-width:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;\">The victim, a Jersey City resident, was transported by emergency medical personnel to Jersey City Medical Center for treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 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