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The man was visiting from Guyana, Freehold police said.
Police responded to the crash at about 7 a.m. Monday, Jan. 9 at the intersection of Route 9 southbound and Schibanoff Lane.
A driver going south in the right lane of Route 9 struck the man, police said. The pedestrian, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle, a 63-year-old woman from Manalapan, was uninjured, police said, and remained at the crash scene.
The incident is still under investigation by Freehold Township Police’s Serious Crash Reconstruction Unit, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Monmouth County Serious Collision Analysis Reconstruction Team (SCART).
Anyone having witnessed the total crash is asked to contact Freehold Township Police dispatch at 732-462-7500.
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