Fatal Road Rage Crash Leads To Indictment Of Lakewood Man

LAKEWOOD, NJ — A Lakewood man has been indicted in the death of a Brick Township man in 2021 road rage incident, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday.

Avrohom Pam, 20, of Lakewood, has been indicted on charges of death by auto and assault by auto in the June 11, 2021, crash that killed Sean Avon, 26, of Brick, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.

Billhimer said investigators learned Pam got into an argument with John Arendt Jr., 73, of Brick. Pam was driving a 2021 Ford van in the right lane on Lanes Mills Road and hit Arendt's 2019 Honda CRV; the force of the crash sent Arendt’s Honda into the northbound lane of Lanes Mill Road, where Arendt hit Avon's 2012 Ford Mustang head-on, Billhimer said.

Avon, who died at Ocean Medical Center in Brick, was a newlywed and was working his dream job, his family said at the time. Read more: Brick Man Killed In Road Rage Crash Had Big Dreams, Family Says

Arendt was treated at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune and later released, Billhimer said.

Pam remained on the scene and did not require medical attention, he said. He was charged June 12, 2021, in Avon's death and later was released under bail reform.

Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Robert Cassidy is prosecuting the case. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Squad, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Victim Witness Advocacy Unit, Lakewood Township Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit investigated.