A multi-vehicle collision in Howell has claimed the life of one male driver just after midnight on Friday, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced.

On Friday March 11, 2022, at about 12:05 a.m., a 2004 Ford F150 pickup, driven by a male driver of Jackson, was traveling westbound on Route 33, just west of Colts Neck Road crossing the intersection. It crossed the centerline and collided with a 2004 Kia Rio, sideswiping the vehicle.

The pickup then continued westbound, again in the eastbound lanes and collided in an offset head on with a second vehicle, a 2010 Dodge Challenger, operated by a male driver, of Neptune Township.

As a result of the second collision, the driver of the Challenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The pickup overturned and the driver was ejected from the vehicle. He is currently in critical condition at a local hospital.

The female driver of the Kia Rio was uninjured in the crash. None of the drivers had any passengers in their vehicles.

The crash remains under investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Monmouth County SCART and Howell Township Police Department.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or has information to assist the investigative team is urged to contact Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Agent Reginald Grant at 732-431-7160 ext. 8761, or Howell Township Police Department’s Traffic Safety Unit Patrolman Kyle Bush at 732-938-4575, ext. 2667.

— Edited press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office

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