A 16-year-old Brick Township resident on a skateboard was struck by a minivan while crossing a busy intersection Friday night just after 10 p.m., police said.
Traffic was detoured on Route 70 near the intersection with Route 88 for about two hours after the accident, in which a 2005 Toyota Sienna minivan being driven by Michael E. Dejuana Jr., 21, of Brick, struck a 16-year-old juvenile who was riding a skateboard, said Brick Police Officer Scott Dierking.
The teen, whose identity was not released, was riding across the eastbound lanes of Route 70 against a "do not walk" signal and had crossed three lanes before being hit by Dejuana, who had a green light at the time, Dierking said.
The teen was thrown to the center median; the minivan stopped in the left lane of Route 70.
Brick Police EMS and MONOC paramedics arrived on scene and transported the teen to Jersey Shore University Medical Center. He or she was reported to have sufferred an unknown head trauma, a broken leg and several lacerations.
Brick Township Police Traffic Safety Officers Dierking and Jay Lampiasi are investigating the crash. No summonses have been issued.
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Is it just me or do you all see 30 to 40 year old "men" riding skate boards around town? What up with that?
as posted in the first sentence of the artice it reads; "A 16-year-old Brick Township resident on a skateboard was struck by a minivan while crossing a busy intersection Friday night just after 10 p.m., police said." only to find out or have Craig vb say that; "There were two boys at that cross walk and they said they pushed the button and he was holding the skate board when they were crossing." this is information that contradicts and should be confirmed if possible. i believe the same thing happened in the Briffa incident on Jordan Rd. if i'm not mistaken it was reported that the boy was skateboarding on Jordan Road only to have "witnesses" come forward and post that in fact the boy was walking.
I hope the kid recovers & is ok. as parent I cant imagine what they are all going threw right now. Honestly, We tell out kids to go out & play incourage them to be active, but in order to get around Brick NO MATTER what time of day, they are Very dangerous intersections for them to cross & have to risk their lives just to ride their bikes..
...........Give them all tickets! Most Sincerely MJFletcher
Sad that they IF you want to or just have nho other means of transportion you have to have a death wish to get around town..