Contractor Killed By Own Van In Old Tappan

OLD TAPPAN, N.J. – A contractor was killed by his own van early Friday when it rolled down a steep driveway in Old Tappan.

The driveway “is on a steep incline and the van was stopped about halfway up,” the chief said.
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Jerry DeMarco

03/31/2017 7:05 p.m.

Mark Tobey, 49, of Monroe, N.Y., was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in by the Old Tappan First Aid Corp after rainy weather conditions prevented the use of a medical chopper, Police Chief Thomas M. Shine.

Tobey was last seen retrieving items from a shed when he was struck at the base of the Orangeburg Road driveway, just off Old Tappan Road, by his 2008 GMC Savannah around 7:40 a.m., Shine said.

The driveway “is on a steep incline and the van was stopped about halfway up,” the chief said.

Old Tappan police later received a report that Tobey was pronounced dead at the hospital at 9:20 a.m., he said.

An investigation was continuing, the chief said.

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