Newark police searching for hit-and-run driver that left 1…

Hit And Run Newark New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey: A hit-and-run driver struck two people around 4 a.m. Friday on Empire Street in Newark, New Jersey, leaving one person dead at the scene and another hospitalized in critical condition. The driver fled the scene and remained at large. A damaged vehicle was found under an overpass for Route 22, but it was unclear if it was the vehicle used in the crash. Newark police were searching for the driver.