Newark Police have Market Street closed between Broad and Halsey streets as detectives are on the scene of a pedestrian strike that has the victim fighting for their life at this time.
It happened just before 9:30 p.m. sending emergency responders rushing to the scene to find a severely injured unidentified person lying on the roadway after a vehicle struck them according to officials.
You are going to want to avoid that portion of downtown and expect delays if you are coming out of Penn Station or heading eastbound on Market Street.
The victim was transported to University Hospital for treatment.
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