Man Struck, Killed In Freehold While Checking On Deer He Hit

A Neptune man died Saturday night when he was hit by a car on Route 33 after he stopped his truck to check on a deer he had hit, authorities said Sunday night.

Muler Louis, 53, was westbound on Route 33 near Kozloski Road when the 2014 Toyota Tundra he was driving hit a deer shortly after 7:30 p.m., said Charles Webster, spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

Louis, whose wife and young son were with him, brought his truck to a controlled stop and got out to check on the deer, Webster said.

As he did, he was hit by a 2003 Toyota Corolla driven by a 74-year-old Englishtown woman, Webster said. She was westbound on Route 33 as well, he said, and she was the sole occupant of the vehicle.

Louis sustained traumatic injuries and was taken by medevac helicopter to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, where he was pronounced dead at 11:06 p.m., Webster said.

The incident remains under investigation, he said.