Branchburg Man Killed While Crossing Route 202

BRANCHBURG, NJ — A Branchburg man who tried to cross Route 202 was fatally hit by a car on Monday night, authorities said.

At around 7:40 p.m. Surinder Singh, 39, crossed the grass median on Route 202 near Huyler Road in Branchburg and was trying to cross the southbound lanes when he stepped into the path of a 2019 Acura being driven by a Hillsborough Township, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson and Somerset County Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor said.

First responders started lifesaving measures before Singh was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset where he was pronounced dead at 9:11 p.m., Robertson said.

The roadway was closed while a joint investigation was started by the Somerset Prosecutor’s Office Collision Analysis Reconstruction Team (CART) and the Branchburg Township Police Department.

No summonses have been issued and the driver remained at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.

Anyone with information relating to this event to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Collision Analysis Reconstruction Team at 908- 231-7100 or the Branchburg Township Police Department at 908-526-3830 or via the STOPit app. The STOPit app allows citizens to provide anonymous reports including videos and photos. STOPit can be downloaded to your smart phone for free at the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, access code: SOMERSETNJ.

Information can also be provided through the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477). All anonymous STOPit reports and Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.

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