Elderly Man Dies In Berkeley Car Crash: Police

BERKELEY, NJ — An elderly man died in a fiery car crash at about 1 a.m. Thursday in Berkeley, police said. Berkeley police are withholding the victim's name until family notification.

The one-vehicle crash took place on Dover Road, about a half mile south of Pinewald-Keswick Road. The victim drove north on Dover Road in a 2019 Ford F-150 when the vehicle veered off the shoulder and into the woods, striking trees, police said.

The Ford F-150 overturned and caught fire. The victim was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The Pinewald Pioneer Fire Company also assisted.

Patrolmen Michael Bulwinski and Ryan Wahl are investigating the crash. Anyone with information on this crash is urged to call 732-341-1132x2125.

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