Worker Crushed in Accident at Freehold Cartage, Inc.

A 21-year-old Freehold Borough man was killed in an accident at Freehold Cartage, Inc. on Wednesday morning while he was working.

Ivan Robles-Molina was attempting to shut a door on a recycling container when he was crushed by a tractor-trailer that was backing up, according to Marc LeMieux, director of the Major Crimes Bureau in the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

The driver of the vehicle was unable to see Robles-Molina, LeMieux said. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating why Robles-Molina did not hear or see the truck backing up.

LeMieux said the investigation is ongoing but there doesn’t appear to be any criminality in the circumstances that led to the victim’s death.

Robles-Molina was an employee of a temporary agency out of East Brunswick and had been assigned to work at Freehold Cartage, Inc., LeMieux said.