the pedestrian had a blanket over them in front of Boston marke

Yes, unfortunately drove by scene at about 8:30 and victim was in street covered with sheet. Sorry for families loss.

just horrible, omg they died? My heart breaks for the victum and their families. My deepest condolances !!

I too was deeply saddened when I saw the distinctive shape of a body lying on Brick Blvd. I was shaken and immediately thought of the poor families and friends. Brick Blvd is NOt a playground people. You have to cross at crosswalks and wear bright clothing. Just heartbreaking.

I walked my dog passed to see what happened and I saw a cloth covered body with a lot of police activity. An employee in Boston market was in tears, god rest their soul. They must have tried to hop the center divide to save time crossing because of the cold. Lots of people do this it's very dangerous. I feel terrible for the family so close to christmas . Pray for them and rip.

So Brick Blvd is at least 7 lanes wide in front of Boston Market. Sorry for the lost, but just last week saw someone crossing Brick Blvd @ Chambers Bridge against the light and almost got hit by a pickup that I thought was going to hit me head on trying to avoid striking the jay walker. How many people have to be hit on Old Hooper, Brick Blvd, Cedar Bridge and Chambers Bridge before people learn to use the crosswalks and walk and don't walk signs? Yes somebody stupid is dead and their family is devasated, but what about the person that struck them and his/her family.
Prays go out to all.

Wow, what a horrible comment. To call someone who just lost their life "stupid" is about as low as it gets. You were not there. You do not know what happened. The article gives no details. Sure, maybe the person was crossing not at the corner ....but what if the driver was at fault. They could have been speeding, texting, maybe they ran the light. The point is that no info has been published about what caused it, and even if the victim was solely at fault....it is incredibly disrespectful to call them stupid. What if their family reads this. Some comments are better left in your own head.

Please do heed the lesson here folks. I myself was involved in a near miss with a pedestrian who I believe was texting while stepping out into traffic flow. Fortunately no major incident ocurred. Both drivers and pedestrians need to be attentive and exercise precaution. This accident is a horrible thing. I pray for all of those involved.

A horrible thing for all involved, but please do not start blaming the driver already. They are conducting an investigation, but did say the drive had a green light.

now the poor driver has to live with the guilt caused by some dope who jumped in front of his vehicle....no excuses for the guy that got hit..it was his FAULT

Even if it was his fault, there is no reason to speak ill of someone who just died. He made a foolish mistake to cross there, which cost him his life....I don't think its appropriate to trash the person with some of these comments.

Yes he lost his life because he was stupid.

He also changed the life of someone else who has to live with this forever because this pedestrian was stupid and too lazy to use a traffic light to cross.

Enjoy your Christmas, I am certain it will not be a good one for this poor driver. Happy Lawsuit to you and too all a good night for our country.

KO now I’m going to be called a racist and a bigot, but here goes anyway most of the time the people jumping the divider are from south of the border, and a comment was made by others here I too saw a mother and children jumping the divider and they were from south of the border, as was the kid on the bike last year at that same intersection.
Sorry but I have no sympathy when people bring on and cause their own tragedies.

People do dangerous things in their everyday life all the time. Poor judgement does not mean you deserve to die. To those of you making negative comments about the victim, can you actually look in the mirror and tell yourself that you have never taken a foolish risk or have done something in a split second decision that in hindsight was a poor choice. If you can, you are lying to yourself.

@bricktown lew....I totally agree.

Now will there will be a call to ban all cars that go over 5 MPH???? Seems to be a solution to everything these days.......O.K., I'm expecting incoming flak, Fire away if you must.

All you people need to shut your traps. Someone died here, and if you people had an common sense you would realize that no matter who you blame nothing can change the fact that a human being, a son, a brother, a friend maybe even a dad, died. You people make me sick, talking ill over someone who lost there life. How would you feel if someone talked ill over someone you knew that died! Have respect you idiots.

Of course this is a tragedy, but it is one that could have been prevented.

If pedestrian was in the cross walk, and the driver had driven illegally (such as running the red light) and killed the pedestrian, there would be a flood comments calling the driver negative names.

In this case, the pedestrian chose to take an illegal action that is illegal BECAUSE it puts them in the path of oncoming traffic. So the pedestrian was either careless, because they knew the risk and took it anyway...or not very bright because they didn't understand the risk involved in their action.

Either way, their decision to ignore safety laws resulted in a third party having their death on their hands. The driver will be haunted by this forever. This all could have been avoided if the pedestrian had not made such a terrible choice. That choice can justifiably be considered a stupid choice.

Ruben, perhaps where you originated from free speech is frowned upon. Here it is welcomed and a right. Perhaps you know first hand how many illegal immigrants cross like this.

Hey listen here, I am from New Jersey, so how about you take your mouth and staple it shut. It's not my fault you were raised a single-minded racist. if you knew the pain associated with losing someone then you wouldn't be talking the way you are. Yea maybe it was his fault. So what? How is trash talking an entire ethnicity going to solve anything. All in all it is what it is. Nothing more nothing less.

Is it any wonder why society is so violent these days. Ruben...perhaps some anger management classes...please, I hope you are not a gun owner.

We all get screwed beacuse all of our rates of insurance are tied to these payouts....does any of the bleeding heart libs out there get it yet.

Sorry for family BUT
wearing dark clothes mckormick walking isn't q good combination with crazy holiday driving going on,condolences to family but culd have been avoided

Typical conservatives trying to make it political.. jk ghost.. cars r made for transportation.. guns r made to kill n only to kill...

The person getiing killed is tragic but I feel for the poor driver and the family of the deceased. That poor man will always second guess himself with the "What if I done this instead" scenarios. He will need help in getting over the guilt. To Mr. Gardner: "It wasn't your fault". No one can foresee ALL of the actions of others. Let's be thankful that no one else was injured or killed if he had performed an impossible evasive action in order to avoid hitting this poor pedestrian. People make mistakes every day. Some are minor, some major, some fatal. It's called "LIFE" and we all live it every day. This reminder, think about your actions, they ALL have consequences.

WMS826 how's your boy Rush? You would be better served if you pulled away from here, get on the horn with him and chatted about life. Your better off with like minded people this way you can fill up. What gives your the right to stand in judgement of anyone?

AS PER THE ARTICLE ABOVE ..DRIVER HAD GREEN LIGHT...THE PERSON CROSSED THE ROAD OVER THE DIVIDER 30 FEET FROM CROSS WALK ..GOING BY THE FACTS POSTED..HUMMM WASN'T A GOOD CALL MADE THAT MOMENT BY THE GENTLEMEN THAT NIGHT ..SO SAD PEOPLE DON'T OBEY THE LAWS OUT THERE..SAD FOR BOTH FAMILIES..

It amazes me how people come on this site and blabber about tragedies and how each person who died has done wrong. Do we really need these comments? Are there really that many heartless souls who feel justified in pontificating about people when tragedy strikes? No s$&t this poor guy shouldn't have jumped over a median into traffic, he paid the price with his life and also I am sure impacted the person who hit him forever as well. For all of you jerks who feel the need to preach I offer Karma is out there and might serve you better to just offer your sadness and prayers to lives forever impacted. I guess for some there is some sick power feeding element behind talking crap about people on forums. I hope you don't reap the consequences of your cruel and insensitive comments some day. For me I just thought best to say a prayer for all impacted during this holiday season of lives changed forever.

Ashamed, beautifully said. I couldn't agree with you anymore. My prayers do out to all involved in this terrible accident.There are some people on this forum that are just heartless...about everything.

Glenn your a dumbass and stupid ,brick blvd at no point is 7 lanes asshole nor atleast.

I'm sorry if you want to count the other side which doesn't count then yes you can have 7

Maybe it was a suicide. It happens very often with trains. Not too many train tracks in Brick these days, but we did have a Trolly car in the neighborhood.
It is just another sad situation...

If it was suicide then shame on him. Please kill yourself alone and do not involve innocents and their insurance companies. Just get yourself to Bay Head or Point where the trains are.

how come nobody is pointing out how fast the driver was going this man was thrown 140 feet the speed limit is 35 going to 40 at burger king? the only person that knows what truely happend is the driver and i dont see him posting
R.I.P. Andrew

this is my father! yes it is too sad, and for me it was a huge hit, what suicide? what you say mother f***!? him this was no reason! why did it happen?! why seemingly not in America to illuminate the road! I hope the perpetrator will be punished by the supreme measure! I'm sorry if that is not properly written, I write a translator