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Rocknation

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Wed Aug 3, 2022, 06:55 PM Aug 2022

Jersey City Councilwoman In Hit-and-Run Incident [View all]

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YourHHRS News: (C)losed-circuit television video footage reveals...(that) Jersey City Councilwoman-at-Large Amy DeGise didn’t stop after she struck a cyclist who ran a red light...

The 3-minute video shows the intersection of Forrest Street and Martin Luther King Drive at 8:00 AM on July 19. The stoplight is green, and turns red at the 45-second mark. At 58 seconds, it shows the cyclist victim, identified as Andrew Black, entering and riding through the intersection though the light is red.

At the 1-minute mark, the midsection of Black’s bicycle is seen being struck by the front passenger side of the black SUV driven by DeGise. Black flips headfirst over his bicycle and onto the ground.

DeGise doesn’t appear to slow down as she drives through the intersection...Black is then seen rising and limping to the left-hand corner of Martin Luther King Drive as bystanders gather around to provide aid. His mangled bicycle ends up on the corner of the right-hand side of the street.

A source has reportedly said DeGise had hit her head in the crash and when she realized what happened, she reported it to police...(T)here is reportedly video of her and a man entering a police station about six hours later...(She) was cited for failure to report an accident and for leaving the scene of an accident...(H)er father, Tom DeGise, is the (Hudson) county executive...

While Black is primarily at fault because he should have seen that the light was red, DeGise should have seen Black in the intersection as she approached it and yielded the right of way (and of course she shouldn't have left the scene of an accident). Let's see what she has to say about how she spent those six hours -- a quick coma? Temporary dementia? A mini-lam while she sobered up?


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