Toms River Woman Killed Crossing Route 37: Police

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A Toms River woman died Saturday night when she was hit by a car while crossing Route 37, Toms River police said Sunday.

Cheryl Cwiklik, 45, was pronounced dead at Community Medical Center in Toms River, said Jillian Messina, media relations specialist for the Toms River Police Department.

Cwiklik was struck as she and her husband, Kenneth Robinson, 48, of Toms River, were crossing Route 37 at the intersection with Rout 166 about 11 p.m., Messina said.

She was hit by a 2006 Nissan Altima driven by Charles R. Jordan 4th, 22, of Manchester. Jordan was westbound in the left travel lane at the time. He told police that as he approached the intersection with Route 166, the light turned green and he proceeded into the intersection.

Independent witnesses told police that at the time Robinson and Cwiklik began to cross Route 37, the traffic signal for Route 37 east/west had just changed to green.

New Jersey State Police troopers, who happened upon the accident just after it occurred, were administering CPR to Cwiklik when Toms River police arrived. She was taken to Community Medical Center by Toms River EMS and MONOC paramedics, who continued CPR en route to the hospital.

Jordan was fully cooperative in the investigation and was treated at Community Medical Center for minor injuries as a result of the crash, Messina said.

Toms River Traffic Safety Officer Adam Koeppen and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office are investigating the crash.

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