Officials Announce 5k Reward for Information on Hit and Run Driver

[Music] come on [Music] guys good morning uh we are here uh to talk about an incident that happened in Lakewood and he would allow the police department uh to uh give all the facts of what happened and they are having their investigation uh what is pertinent to start is that Moshe Gutman who's a member of K uh an organization that works very closely with our Police Department uh with our office of emergency management uh and it's a fantastic volunteer organization in this town was struck earlier in the week while uh performing a volunteer Service uh and offering roadside assistance to one of our residents Moshe whose unit number is 73 is 25 years old he has a wife and a 2month old son and he has been with the Pam Organization for approximately 2 years uh on behalf of the mayor Deputy Mayor and the rest of the township committee and of course the citizens of Lakewood our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family I just spoke to Mrs Gutman shortly a few moments ago uh they are doing some work at the hospital she had to be there with her husband uh but she wishes uh to convey her feelings of gratitude for everybody who's helping the family in this trying time with that I'd like to turn it over to Chief [Music] Lawson thank you mayor M mayor mayor this hit and run accident uh is something that uh we are actively investigating um like uh mayor said a is organization that on a daily basis goes out of its way for all liquid residents to uh assist them with whatever comes up that they may need assistance for from changing a flat tire to Jumping uh dead car batteries to household emergencies uh they are part of our office of emergency management and they work very closely with the police department this uh uh uh this this accident is something that we are trying to our our best to get information from the public for from uh at this time I'd like to uh turn it over to Sergeant Frank work who's our uh supervisor of traffic and safety and he will give uh some details about the investigation thank you Sergeant good morning everyone currently uh from the evidence that we've collected at the scene the night of the crash we believe we're looking for a Chevrolet Astro van light and color according to a witness some of the evidence that we found at the scene leads us to believe that it's a 1993 year model witness states that it's light and color should have front end damage to the passenger side missing a grill and there some other uh materials from the bumper it's uh the uh on the front of the bumper has the plastic piece that's kind of a rubber material we covered that at the scene and uh if anybody should see anything that uh might look similar that we're looking for this van just to contact the Laker Police Department the traffic division an extension the 5380 we' appreciate it good morning my name is AAL Eisen a member of lakeood cim and Lakewood Kim emergency services in conjunction with the Lakewood PBA the Lakewood sergeants and Officers Association and lakid civilian safety watch is offering Award of $55,000 for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the driver of this vehicle would like to personally thank Chief Lawson mayor Akerman Sergeant Frank work of traffic and safety commissioner lonstein and the entire lak with police department for their dedication to this case the department has made available all possible resources to bring the driver to Justice we are asking that people remain alert and keep an eye out for the vehicle and once again please call the Lakewood Police Department as soon as see anything thank you thank you everybody I want to thank everybody for the stepped up involvement a is a very special organization to Lakewood and I really thank the chief um committe manstein Deputy Mayor Langer and everybody else for taking this seriously and for sticking with all their with their their own members and stepping up up efforts on behalf of their member who was injured thank you very much very much