Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James struck another vehicle and then a pedestrian on Saturday night in a crash that sent the 85-year-old, the other driver and the pedestrianto the hospital, the city’s public safety director announced Monday. The statement by Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said James was not driving drunk, and that the accident remained under investigation. James, who was mayor from 1986 to 2006 before declining to seek a sixth term ahead of a 2008 federal fraud conviction, acknowledged having been involved in a crash but said he was unaware of any pedestrian. “I saw no pedest…