Another Death: 4th Person Dies On Same N.J. Highway Stretch

A pedestrian was fatally struck on Route 22, the fourth killed on the same stretch of N.J. highway since August, police said.

The victim was struck Route 22, just west of Interstate 287, sometime after midnight, according to the ABC7 report. Route 22 West was closed from Ronson Rd (from Foothill Rd) and from Interstate 287 north.

The roadway has since reopened.

The crash happened just a month after Bridgewater man was walking along Route 22 West was struck and killed by two cars on the same stretch where two others were hit and killed in August.

Marcus Cook, 25, was walking in the left lane on Route 22 West, near North Adamsville Road, in the township at around 11:02 p.m. on Dec. 18 when he was hit by a 2008 Nissan. The car was driven by Jose Luis Mondragon Zamudio, 29, of Somerville, police reported

Read more: Another Pedestrian Killed By 2 Cars On Route 22 Near Diner

Two other pedestrians were also struck and killed on the same portion of Route 22 early in the morning on Aug. 25. Robert Gibbons, 29, and Magdalene Allen, 23, both of East Brunswick, were walking on Route 22 when they were struck by a 2004 Toyota Sienna driven by Xu Chengfei, 41, of Flushing New York, police said.

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