Traffic & Transit
Couple Leaving Bloomfield Restaurant Hit By Car, Husband Dies: PD
A car hit a Union resident and his wife as they were leaving a restaurant in Bloomfield, police said.
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Union resident was killed and his wife was critically injured after a car hit them as they were leaving a restaurant in Bloomfield on Saturday, authorities said.
Anthony Manochio, 83, and his wife, who was not named in an initial statement, were crossing the street after leaving a restaurant on Bloomfield Avenue when a Pathfinder driven by a 44-year-old man struck them, police said.
Emergency responders transported the pair to University Hospital in Newark with critical injuries. Manochio was pronounced dead at the hospital at 10:12 p.m. according to a joint statement from the Essex County’s Prosecutor’s Office and the Bloomfield Public Safety Department.
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Manochio’s wife remains hospitalized, authorities said Monday.
No charges have been filed against the driver, who remained at the scene, police said.
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The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Bloomfield Police are conducting an investigation. Anyone with information can contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force tips line at 1-877 TIPS- 4EC or 1-877-847- 7432.
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