Police arrested a Jersey City woman Thursday in connection with a hit-and-run accident on the Garden State Parkway last week that left 63-year-old seriously injured, authorities said.

Usha Govindarajulu, 43, is accused of hitting Donald Drakeford, of Perth Amboy, on the southbound side of the Parkway in Bloomfield while he was changing a flat tire just before 1 a.m. on April 9, according to New Jersey State Police.

Police say Govindarajulu briefly stopped after the accident to pick up debris from her 2014 Nissan Altima and then drove away.

Drakeford was transported to University Hospital in Newark for a compound fracture to his right leg, police said.

Govindarajulu is charged with assault by auto and leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury among other charges. She is being held at Essex County Jail on $50,000 bail with a 10-percent option.

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