By MaryAnn Spoto | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on August 15, 2015
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ
A 19-year-old man was killed when he was hit by a car as he tried to cross Route 9 in Freehold Township, authorities said on Saturday.
Tyler Horneck, a Freehold Township resident, was pronounced dead at the scene of Friday night's crash, which occurred in the northbound lanes of Route 9, said First Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Marc LeMieux.
Horneck was struck by a 2006 Saturn driven by a 51-year-old Jackson woman around 9:11 p.m., said Charlie Webster, spokesman for the prosecutor's office.
Webster said the incident occurred just north of Schanck Road near the Wendy's fast food restaurant.
The investigation is continuing and no charges have been filed at this time, he said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Freehold Township police at 732-462-7908. Several people took to Twitter on Friday to mourn his loss.