Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on May 19, 2026, a juvenile was taken into custody and charged with Knowingly Leaving the Scene of a Motor Vehicle Crash Resulting in Death in connection with a motor vehicle crash that occurred on May 19, 2026, in Brick Township.
On May 19, 2026, at approximately 6:50 a.m., Officers from the Brick Township Police Department responded to the area of Lanes Mill Road and Rhode Island Avenue for a report of a bicyclist having been struck by a motor vehicle. Responding Officers discovered that a vehicle had struck a juvenile bicyclist in the roadway and then fled the scene. The juvenile victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A subsequent investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit-Vehicular Homicide Squad, Brick Township Police Department, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, revealed that a 2021 BMW was traveling northbound through the intersection of Lanes Mill Road and Rhode Island Avenue at a high rate of speed when it struck the bicyclist, who was traveling westbound on Rhode Island Avenue through a marked crosswalk. Following the crash, the operator of the BMW failed to stop, render aid, or notify law enforcement. Continuing investigation revealed that a juvenile was operating the motor vehicle at the time of the crash. That juvenile has been taken into custody and is currently being detained in the Ocean County Juvenile Detention Center.
N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-60 precludes the release of additional information regarding juveniles charged with acts of delinquency.
Prosecutor Billhimer commends the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit- Vehicular Homicide Squad, Brick Township Police Department and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, for their combined and collaborative efforts in connection with this investigation.
The charges referenced above are merely accusations and the press and public are reminded that all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
R.P.C. 3.6(b)(6).