Neptune City Man Shot Dead While Driving On Route 18 In Colts Neck

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Lloyd Earl Sanders, 54, of Neptune City was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound after Colts Neck Police found his body in a 2009 Mercedes-Benz C350 that had crashed on Route 18, south of County Road 537 at around 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, according to an announcement by Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.

Colts Neck Police received a 9-1-1 call at 1:58 a.m. on Sunday morning April 29 reporting on single car crash on on Route 18 south where they discovered the driver, Sanders, deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.  A 52 year old passenger with non-life threatening injuries was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and released.  RSLmedia is reporting that the 52 year old passenger also suffered gunshot wounds. Read the rest of this entry »

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Update on deadly car crash on Route 18, Colts Neck

Two people are dead and a third is hospitalized as a result of a commercial line striping truck overturning into the median of Route 18 in Colts Neck this morning, according to Charles Webster, spokesperson for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

The incident occurred north the northbound interchange of Route 34 and the south of the County Road 537 interchange.

The three victims were ejected from the vehicle they were traveling in.  Two were pronounced dead at the scene at 8:30 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. The third victim, a male, was transported to an area hospital.  His condition is unknown.

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Deadly crash shuts down Route 18 in Colts Neck Wednesday morning

COLTS NECK — A serious crash on Route 18 closed down the highway in both directions for a couple hours Wednesday morning. The New Jersey Department of Transportation’s traffic website said there was an accident with fatalities on Route 18 northbound in the area of exit 22. As of 7:30 a.m., all lanes on the northbound… Read the rest of this entry »

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