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Police ID Scooter Operator Killed By Car In NJ

A man on an electric scooter died after he became trapped underneath a vehicle that struck him in Union County on Wednesday, March 20, police said.

N. Wood Avenue and E. Gibbons Street in Linden.

N. Wood Avenue and E. Gibbons Street in Linden.

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Lamar McBride, 46, was heading south in the northbound lanes of N. Wood Avenue when he was struck by a vehicle turning onto E. Gibbons Street in Linden around 2:30 p.m, Linden police said.

McBride became trapped under the vehicle, which was lifted by the city's firefighters. He was pronounced deceased a short time later at RWJBH Rahway Hospital and the driver of the vehicle was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation by the Linden Police Traffic Bureau.

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