Police say this all started around 2 a.m. with a hit-and-run. The driver allegedly struck a pedestrian and kept on going. He then proceeded to ditch his car and then continue to flee, by jumping into the Passaic River.
Officials say he went under the water and never came up. Police believe he has likely drowned after divers spent much of the morning in the water.
Police were conducting a rescue then a recovery operation.
As for the pedestrian that was struck, he is a 32-year-old man. He was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries to his legs. --- Eyewitness News reporter Jaime Roth, Web produced by Lakisha Bostick
