Woodbridge Man Dies In Howell Crash

The Asbury Park Press is reporting that a Woodbridge Township man has died after his vehicle left the road and hit a tree in Howell.

Russel Banasiak, 43, was driving north on Fort Plains Road near West Farms Road at about 12:15 a.m. Sunday, returning home from visiting his girlfriend in Jackson, when his vehicle crossed oer the southbound lane and left the road, hitting a fence and a tree, Howell police told the Press.

Officers performed CPR and administered shocks from a defibrillator before emergency personnel took Banasiak to the Monmouth Medical Center South Campus in Lakewood, where he was pronounced dead, police said, the report said.

Witnesses are asked to contact Howell police at 732-938-4111.