Authorities are looking for a driver who struck a and critically injured a pedestrian in Toms River, and fled the scene.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Toms River Police Department Officer in Charge Peter Sundack announced that on September 21, 2024, at approximately 9:38 p.m., Officers from the Toms River Township Police Department responded to the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Mobile Lane for a report of a pedestrian having been struck by a motor vehicle.
An investigation conducted by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit-Vehicular Homicide Squad, Toms River Township Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, determined that a vehicle was traveling northbound on Massachusetts Avenue when it struck a pedestrian and fled the area. The victim was taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River, where he is listed in critical but stable condition…