Crime & Safety

Pedestrian Struck by Car in Chatham, Hospitalized

The driver was issued a summons for failing to yield to a pedestrian.

A Harrrison woman was hospitalized after she was hit by a van on Feb. 1, Chatham Borough Police spokesman Kevin O'Shea said.

The van was driven by Leon Tomaskowicz, 64, of Butler, who was issued a summons for failure to yield to a pedestrian.

The woman, Beatriz Valeiro, 45, was crossing Main Street with a green light when she was struck by a van turning onto Main Street from Fairmount Avenue, O'Shea said in a statement released Monday. Patrolman Roy George responded to the accident at Main Street and Fairmount Avenue just before 2 p.m.

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Valeiro was transported to Morristown Medical Center by the Chatham Emergency Squad for treatment.


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