Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Hospitalized after Struck by Car
The driver was issued a summons for failing to yield to a pedestrian.
A 30-year-old woman suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries Thursday after she was hit by a car while walking in the crosswalk at Main Street and Lafayette Avenue.
Kevin O'Shea of the Chatham Borough Police Department said Rachel Sala of Chatham was walking west in the crosswalk at about 7:45 p.m. when she was hit by a car turning left onto Lafayette Avenue from Main Street.
The car was driven by Frederick Ott, 52, of Madison. According to a statement from O'Shea, Ott stated he did not see a pedestrian but did realize he hit something. He stopped the car and then realized he had struck a pedestrian.
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Sala was transported to Morristown Medical Center by the Chatham Emergency Squad.
Ott was issued a summons for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
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