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Witnesses told officers that the pedestrian ran out into traffic on Route 70 Monday night and was hit near Olden Street heading towards the Brick Motor Inn Motel around 7:00 pm.
Police said she was walking against the pedestrian crossing signal and was not in the marked crosswalk when she was hit by a 2020 White Mercedes which did come to a complete stop but the pedestrian did not survive the impact.
The Brick Police Traffic Safety Unit were joined on scene by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Criminal Investigation Unit and the NJ Department of Transportation.
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A Brick Township woman died Monday night when she was hit by a car on Route 70; witnesses told police the woman had run out into traffic. (Karen Wall/Patch)
BRICK, NJ A Brick Township woman was killed Monday night when she was hit by a car on Route 70 after she ran into traffic, police said.
Kathleen M. Winits, 55, was pronounced dead at the scene, Brick Sgt. Jim Kelly said.
Winits was hit just before 7 p.m. on Route 70 at Olden Street, in the westbound lanes approaching the Brick Motor Inn motel, Kelly said. She was not in a crosswalk, and witnesses told police Winits had run into traffic moments before she was hit.