Car passenger shot, then dies when driver crashes steps from NJ emergency room

A car passenger was shot in New Jersey Tuesday morning, then died when the driver crashed in front of a hospital during a frantic effort to get help, reports said.The two unidentified victims had been driving near the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Godwin Avenue in Paterson at about 4 a.m.

when shots rang out, according to the Bergen Record.Bullets struck both men as they rode through the intersection, which has long been a hotspot for gun violence in the Silk City.The driver floored it, heading toward St.

Joseph’s University Medical Center — but their minivan crashed just outside the emergency room.One of the men — a 27-year-old Paterson native — quickly got out of the car and ran inside, SIlive reported.But the 21-year-old passenger from Staten Island was not as lucky — his body was riddled with bullets, and he died at the scene, the outlet said.

Authorities are still investigating the shooting, and the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office has asked anyone with information to call its tip line at 877-370-PCPO or email [email protected] corner where the two men were shot has been the scene of several drive-bys over the last decade or so, including the 2015 killing of high school basketball star Armoni Sexton, the Record said.A group of drug-slinging gangbangers known as the “230 Boys” called the notorious corner home until the feds came in, busted them up and convicted most of them, the outlet added.

Things quieted down afterward — but the corner seems to be once more returning to its violent roots....