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Atlantic City man charged in fatal hit-and-run


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An Atlantic City man is charged with fatally hitting a pedestrian and then leaving the scene.

Harris Jacobs, 26, struck Orlando Fraga at about 3:35 a.m. Sunday in the 1800 block of Atlantic Avenue, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Will Reynolds.

Fraga, 76, of Atlantic City, was pronounced dead.

Jacobs is charged with second-degree leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash resulting in a death. He is in the Atlantic County Justice Facility pending a detention hearing.

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Lynda Cohen

BreakingAC founder who previously worked in newspapers for more than two decades. She is an NJPA award-winner and was a Stories of Atlantic City fellow.

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