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UPDATE: Authorities Identify Boy Killed in Jersey City Hit-and-Run

Jersey City

Authorities have released the identities of both teens struck by a vehicle that fled Wednesday afternoon.

Police responded to Terrace Avenue near the ramp to Routes 1&9 north where two boys on bicycles were struck by a vehicle that fled the scene around 2:30 p.m.

The boy killed in the crash has been identified as Elionel Jimenez while the second child, Alexander Rosas-Flores, remains in critical condition.

The driver of the vehicle remains at large.

The crash remains under investigation.

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