A New Jersey man who was struck and killed by a car in Manhattan Saturday night was an accomplished golfer and instructor at the Plainfield Country Club.

Wesley Mensing, 27, had recently been named one of the best golf teachers under 40 in the country by Golf Digest. The magazine called him and 10 others added to the list "the future of golf instruction."

New York City police said 27-year-old Wesley Mensing was crossing the intersection of East 62nd Street and Lexington Avenue on the city’s Upper East Side around 7:45 p.m. when a Mercedes SUV struck him and a 30-year-old woman.

According to the New York Post, the two were holding hands as they were struck, and ended up pinned beneath the Mercedes. A group of good Samaritans were able to lift the car off of them to help medical responders get them out, the paper reported.

Both were rushed to New York Hospital, where Mensing was pronounced dead. The woman, identified as Erin Sauchelli, was listed in stable condition as of Sunday morning, authorities said.

According to his Facebook profile, Mensing was a native of Pittsburgh, Pa. He attended Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C., where he graduated with a degree in business administration in 2009.

He then helped to open a golf school in Miami Beach, Fla. before being hired as Director of Instruction at the Plainfield Country Club in Edison.

A 45-year-old man who was behind the wheel of the Mercedes received a summons for being an unlicensed operator.

Police declined to identify him, saying an investigation into the crash was ongoing.

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