The Bergen County Prosecutor s Office is asking for the public s help to identify a truck involved in a crash that killed an Elmwood Park man Tuesday night in Rochelle Park.
Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, was riding a motorcycle south on Route 17 at about 8:40 p.m. when he struck the rear left tires of a semi-trailer truck that had slowed down in traffic, prosecutors said. The driver of the truck did not stop after the collision, the Bergen County Prosecutor s Office said.
Gaviria suffered severe head trauma and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, prosecutors said.
1 Read / Add Comments
VIDEO (UPDATE): A semi-trailer truck that kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn t stop in time and hit the bobtail truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said.
Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Village, MD, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:35 p.m., Musella said.