Man giving away furniture is struck, killed by driver who came to pick it up, authorities say
Updated 12:18 PM;
A 69-year-old Manchester man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver who came to his house to pick up free furniture on Tuesday, authorities said.
Kevin Noonan, of Manchester, was arrested later in Lacey and charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement Wednesday.
The man he hit Jack Gotfried was flown to Jersey Shore University Hospital in Neptune where he was pronounced dead. Gotfried and Noonan didn’t know each other, a prosecutor’s office spokesman said.
A Jackson man extradited from Texas in March after a hit-and-run crash on Christmas Eve that led to the death of an 81-year-old Howell woman will remain in jail pending his trial.
Roberto Alcazar-Sanchez, 27, is facing charges of 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 fatal accident.
On Dec. 24, Norman Shtab, 83, of Howell was driving a 2010 Mercedes Benz with his wife Phyllis as a passenger, when he exited Interstate 195 and tried to make a left turn onto Cedar Swamp Road, according to a news release issued by Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer. That s when Shtab s car collided with a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Alcazar-Sanchez, the release said.
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Police arrived on scene around 11:00 am Monday and learned that Raffaela Crisp, 89 of Lavalette, was heading east, in the left lane, over the Mathis Bridge when she began changing lanes to get into the center of the bridge.
That s when she sideswiped an Ocean County Road Department street sweeper, police said, causing a series of events which resulted in serious collision.
Crisp was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and was pinned between the dashboard and her seat.
The Toms River Fire Department then responded to extricate her from the vehicle.
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Fugitive who fled to Mexico after fatal Christmas Eve crash in N.J. is arrested, authorities say
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
A 27-year-old fugitive who fled after being involved in a fatal crash in New Jersey on Christmas Eve was arrested Wednesday at a Texas town along the U.S. border with Mexico, officials said .
Roberto Alcazar-Sanchez, of Jackson, ran off after a vehicle he was driving collided with a car around 6 p.m. on Dec. 24, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday.
The driver of the other car an 83-year-old Howell man was exiting Interstate 195 at exit 21 and trying to make a left on Cedar Swamp Road when the crash took place. The man’s passenger Phyllis Shtab, 81, of Howell, died of her injuries two days later at Jersey Shore University Hospital in Neptune. The Howell man was treated and released from the hospital.