AG: Tractor-Trailer Kills Driver Running From Police On Route 80

A New York man who was pulled over in a motor vehicle stop on Route 80 was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer when he ran into oncoming traffic after being asked to get out of his car by a Montville police officer early Thursday morning, authorities said.

A Montville police officer asked Kevin Brian Cruz to get out of his vehicle when he ran into oncoming Route 80 traffic, authorities said.
Photo Credit: *Montville PD*

Cecilia Levine

08/22/2019 3:38 p.m.

Kevin Brian Cruz, 25, of Black River N.Y. (just north of Syracuse) had one female passenger in his car when he ran into the roadway and was hit around 2:20 a.m., New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.

The driver of the tractor-trailer stopped immediately, Grewal said.

Cruz -- formerly of the Bronx -- was pronounced dead at the scene.

The incident is being investigated by the Attorney General’s Shooting Response Task Force.

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