BRIDGETON, N.J. (WPVI) -- Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run that left a 58-year-old man dead Saturday night along East Broad Street in Bridgeton, Cumberland County.

Police identified the victim as Pedro Chavaz. Officers responded to the scene around 9:30 p.m. and found Chavaz lying on the shoulder of the road with severe head and facial injuries.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim's daughter, Miriam Chavaz, said, "He was hit by a car. He went to buy groceries, according to the police. He was on his way to his rental when the car passed by and hit him."

Miriam told Action News that her father had just visited a nearby Wawa and was walking home when the crash occurred.

She learned of the incident after receiving a call from her mother, who lives in Guatemala and

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