Police responded around 9:05 a.m. Friday to the area of ​​Route 9 and Green Street on a report of a crash where arriving officers found a 2017 Kia Sportage with front seat passenger Mario Ortiz Bonilla, 47, of North Plainfield , dead, according to Middlesex. County Prosecutor’s Office.

An investigation determined that the driver of the Kia fled the scene.

The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Officer Jeffery Horvath of the Woodbridge Police Department at 732-306-5982 or Matthew Colonna of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3354.

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