Crime & Safety

Man, 84, Dead in Gravel Hill Road Crash

The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office is investigating accident.

An 84-year-old man died during a two-car crash on Gravel Hill Road and Route 537 Thursday around 10 a.m., according to First Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

Freehold Township police initially responded to the scene, and the county was called in to investigate the incident. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office reviews any accident that results in a fatality.

What led to the crash has not been determined and prosecutors are awaiting a ruling by the medical examiner on the cause of the victim's death, Gramiccioni said. The 84-year-old's identity has not been released.

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