OCEAN COUNTY AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING MONDAY NIGHT'S FATAL PEDESTRIAN FATALITY
" A 32-Year-Old Man Was Fatally Struck By A New Jersey Transit Bus At The Lakewood Bus Terminal."
January 4, 2022 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
LAKEWOOD, NJ.- On Tuesday, January 4, 2022 Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on Monday, January 3, 2022, at approximately 9:45 p.m., Members The Lakewood Township Police Department responded to the entrance of the New Jersey Transit Bus Terminal on Route 88 in Lakewood, New Jersey on a report that a Pedestrian had been Struck by a Motor Vehicle.
Upon arrival, Police Officers found a 32 Year-Old male man lying by the side of the road. The man was immediately transported to Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus, in Lakewood, where he was pronounced deceased.
An ensuing and subsequent investigation determined that the man was Struck by a New Jersey Transit bus. The bus and the operator of the bus were eventually located in Howell Township, New Jersey later in the evening of Monday, January 3, 2022.
“The operator of the bus has been cooperative and this is an active and ongoing investigation by The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, Lakewood Township Police Department, New Jersey Transit Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit. Anyone in possession of information concerning this investigation is urged to contact Detective John Doran of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-929-2027, extension 3524,” Prosecutor Billhimer stated.
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