Charges have not been filed, but an investigation is continuing, officials said.
A man was struck and killed in Newark Monday, authorities said. (File photo)NEWARK -- Authorities are investigating a Monday evening incident in which a tractor-trailer hit a pedestrian and a parked car, killing the pedestrian.
At about 5:05 p.m., the truck struck Richard Williams-Holt, 40, of Newark in the area of Chancellor Avenue and Leslie Street, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Eugene Venable announced in a release. He was killed by the strike, authorities said.
The driver of the truck, who has only been identified as a 43-year-old Newark man, hit both the man and a parked car, authorities said.
According an NBC report, witnesses said the driver left the scene after the strike. When asked about the allegation, Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter said, "the matter is under investigation, but the truck driver did go to the police after the incident."
No charges have been filed in connection with the fatal strike, but an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Crash and Fire Investigations Unit is ongoing, officials said.
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