SOUTH RIVER – Police have asked for the public’s help in locating the driver after a 14-year-old boy was killed Friday afternoon in a hit-and-run.
The boy was riding his bicycle near the intersection of Whitehead and Russell Avenues around 4:20 p.m. when he was hit by a white work van that drove away, Middlesex County District Attorney Yolanda Ciccone said.
The boy was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, Ciccone said.
No further description of the vehicle or details were provided.
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Anyone with information is asked to call South River Police Detective Kenneth Nale at 732-254-9002 or Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office Sgt. Jonathan Berman at 732-745-4328.
This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: South River NJ hit-and-run leaves 14-year-old boy dead