Update: Police Identify Men Killed In Colts Neck Crash

A 39-year-old Middlesex County man and a 51-year-old Somerset County man were killed Wednesday morning in a truck crash in Colts Neck.

A third man, from Union County, is hospitalized with injuries, police said.

Police on Wednesday afternoon released additional details about the crash that shut down a portion of Route 18 north for much of the day.

Around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, the three men were in a commercial line-striping truck, owned and operated by Straight Edge Striping, of Bound Brook, according to Colts Neck Police Chief Kevin Sauter.

According to a news release from the chief:

The truck was traveling north on Route 18 when it overturned into the median, between the interchanges for Route 34 and Route 537 in Colts Neck.

The two men who died were passengers in the truck.

Apolinar Guerrero, 39, of Piscataway, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:30 a.m.

Juan Sanchez, 51, of Bound Brook, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:35 a.m.

The driver, Nicolas Denis, 23, of Elizabeth and is listed in stable condition at a local hospital.

The investigation is being conducted by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the Serious Collision Analysis Response Team (SCART) and the Colts Neck Township Police Department, with assistance from the New Jersey State Police Commercial Vehicle Inspection Unit.

Marlboro and Tinton Falls police helped with traffic control.

The northbound side of the highway was shut down in that area from 6:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Anyone with information about this crash is asked to call Detective Eric Kerecman of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 1-800-533-7443 or Sgt. Kristian DeVito of the Colts Neck Township Police Department at 732-780-7323.