Man Giving Away Furniture Hit and Killed by Driver Who Came to Pick it Up
On 4/15/21 at 3:11 PM EDT
Earlier this week, a simple transaction in New Jersey ended in tragedy for the seller.
On Tuesday, 69-year-old Manchester Township resident Jack Gotfried was killed by a man who came by his house to pick up some furniture Gotfried had listed for free. The man, who was identified as 62-year-old township resident Kevin Noonan, has since been arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death, according to NJ.com.
The bizarre nature of the hit-and-run has investigators speculating that Noonan was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time. His blood was drawn for testing.
UpdatedWed, Apr 14, 2021 at 3:57 pm ET
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Kevin P. Noonan of Manchester has been charged in the death of Jack Gotfried; authorities say his license was suspended at the time of the crash. (Ocean County Corrections website)
MANCHESTER, NJ A Manchester Township man is facing hit-and-run charges after he backed up and ran over a man Tuesday while picking up furniture the man was giving away, causing fatal injuries, the Ocean County Prosecutor s Office said Wednesday.
Kevin P. Noonan, 62, has been charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended driver s license while being involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.
MANCHESTER - A Manchester man picking up free furniture Tuesday in the Whiting section left what became a fatal accident scene after his vehicle backed into the man giving the items away, authorities said.
Kevin Noonan, 62, has been charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended driver’s license while being involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D, Billhimer said in a release.
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Manchester police went to Yorktowne Parkway in Whiting about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday on the report of a pedestrian being struck by a motor vehicle.
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Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced Wednesday that Kevin Noonan, 62, is being charged with with Knowingly Leaving the Scene of a Motor Vehicle Accident Resulting in Death and Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended Driver’s License while being involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident Resulting in Death.
Manchester Police responded to a residence on Yorktowne Parkway in Whiting around 3:45 pm Tuesday and found Jack Gotfried, 69, in the roadway with traumatic injuries to his lower extremities.
He was flown to Jersey Shore University Medical Center where he later passed away.
Noonan was at Gotfried s house on Tuesday to pick up some furniture Gotfried was giving away but as Gotfried was loading furniture into the vehicle, Noonan is accused of flooring it pinning Gotfried between the vehicle and a truck parked in front of the house, according to the investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and the
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