Man Killed Thursday Night on NJ Turnpike in East Brunswick

East Brunswick, NJ - A man was struck and killed Thursday night on the NJ Turnpike in East Brunswick Township, while he was running across several lanes of travel, New Jersey State Police said.

At 11:15 p.m. troopers from the Cranbury Station were called to respond to a report of a disorderly person on a bus that was pulled over on the shoulder of the southbound outer lanes at milepost 78.7. One minute later, troopers were advised of a possible struck pedestrian in the northbound inner lanes at the same location.

When they arrived, they found the man had left the bus and run across several lanes of traffic where he was struck by a passing motorist. The bus driver told NJ State Police the man was acting disorderly on the bus and that's why the driver pulled over.

Dwight Sanders, 56 of the Bronx, was declared deceased at the scene. A couple from Virginia, who were driving the car that hit him, were uninjured.

The Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office took possession of Sanders for an autopsy. The incident remains under investigation.