The driver of the northbound GMC Envoy kept going after hitting Alberto Mendz near Exit 72 around 5 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Alina Spies told Daily Voice.
He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in critical condition, she said.
A semi truck driver spotted the victim and alerted police, responders said.
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