A speeding 85-year-old driver was killed Tuesday afternoon in Hackensack after he crashed his car into a tree, authorities said.

The man was driving downhill on Marvin Avenue at a “high rate of speed” when he failed to stop at a stop sign, crossed the four lanes of Polifly Road and struck a tree head-on, Hackensack police said.

A 30-year-old woman driving north on Polifly Road tried to avoid hitting the man’s car but rear-ended it. She was not injured.

The man died of his injuries at an area hospital after firefighters extricated him from his car following the 1:48 p.m. crash.

Police didn’t immediately identify the man except to say he was a Hackensack resident.

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