WEST NEW YORK — According to a press release, a man was killed and a woman severely injured in a car crash in West New York over the weekend.
“At approximately 2:20 am on Saturday, the West New York Police, the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office, the North Hudson Regional Fire Dept, WNY EMS and Paramedics from JCMC responded to a Motor Vehicle Crash on Hillside Road (Defino Way) between River Road and Blvd East. WNY Police arrived first and found one of the drivers pinned in a car and very critically injured,” according to a press release.
Ana Feliciano, 33, of Clifton, was driving her 2008 Silver Toyota Highlander west on Hillside from River Road, when a a point midway between Blvd East and River Road, a 2002 Silver acura, driven by Fernando Tlatelpa, age 27, of Jersey City, who was heading east bound, lost control in a curve, slid side ways, crossed over double yellow lines and into the path of Feliciano’s vehicle, where they collided. The impact sent the acura through a fence and into the mountain side. Tlatelpa had to be extricated from the vehicle and he was transported by EMS to the Jersey City Medical center where he was pronounced dead,” said Sheriff Frank Schillari.