Male Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Truck In Monmouth County

A 61-year-old man was struck and killed by a pickup in Freehold on Tuesday, Jan. 9, authorities said.

A Freehold Township Police Department cruiser.
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01/11/2024 10:17 a.m.

Freehold Township police responded to a crash on Route 9 South just after 5:30 p.m., Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The crash happened a few hundred feet north of the interchange with New Jersey Route 33.

Officers found the man lying in the road and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The 48-year-old male truck driver stayed at the site of the crash.

No charges or traffic summons have been issued in the crash. The Monmouth County Serious Collision Analysis Response Team is helping the prosecutor's office and Freehold police with the investigation.

Anyone who saw the crash or has information about it should call the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office at 800-533-7443 or the Freehold Township Police Department at 732-462-7908.

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