Authorities investigating a hit-and-run that claimed the life of a pedestrian in Elizabeth on Thanksgiving night have identified the type of vehicle involved and are now asking the public for information in an effort to help solve the crime, acting Union County Prosecutor Michael A. Monahan announced Tuesday.
According to officials, at approximately 9:45 p.m. on November 22, Elizabeth Police Department patrol units responded to the intersection of Cherry and Murray streets near Elizabeth’s downtown to find 62-year-old Candace Raymond, of Elizabeth, suffering from multiple injuries.
Officials say an investigation revealed that the vehicle involved in the incident immediately left the area in the direction of West Jersey Street.
The woman was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short while later.
Several damaged pieces of the vehicle’s frame were recovered at the scene, and investigators used those to determine that it was a black Nissan Murano, model year 2003-2005.
Police are asking anyone who was in the area that night or may have spotted a vehicle fitting that description in the days that followed to please contact Elizabeth Police Department Traffic Division Detective Rich Hernandez at 908-603-9679.
The SUV likely would have had noticeable damage to the front bumper and fog lights.