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.
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Cecilia Levine

03/20/2024 7:18 p.m.

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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