Katie Park

Asbury Park Press

TOMS RIVER - A 62-year-old pedestrian was killed by a van on Friday, just before sunrise, Toms River police said.

Police responded to Route 37, near Peter Avenue, to find Bruce Nussenbaum, of Seaside Heights, deceased, said Ralph Stocco, a spokesman for the Toms River police. Nussenbaum died as a result of colliding with a 2006 GMC van driven by Richard Roshop, 47, of Toms River, Stocco said.

Nussenbaum was in the road and not at a crosswalk when he was struck by the van, Stocco said.

At the time of the crash, Roshop was driving the van east on Route 37 in the right lane, Stocco said.

Toms River Traffic Officer Terrence Warren is investigating the collision, along with fellow members of the Toms River Police Department's Traffic Unit, detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and members of the Crime Scene Investigation unit within the Ocean County Sheriff's Department, Stocco said.

Authorities issued no summonses, Stocco said.

A eastbound portion of Route 37 was closed during the crash investigation, but reopened around 9:25 a.m. Friday.

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Katie Park: @kathspark; 908-801-4853; kpark@gannettnj.com