Brick Township police have identified the Point Pleasant man killed Wednesday morning in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Route 88.
Suresh Kumar Magan was pronounced dead at Ocean Medical Center, Brick, after the accident, which occurred just before 9 a.m. at the intersection of Route 88 and Coolidge Drive.
Magan, whose age was initially said to be 48 but who may have been older, lived on Route 88 in Point Pleasant and worked at the LukOil gasoline station on the corner of Route 88 and Jordan Road, Brick Capt. John Rein said Thursday. Magan has relatives in India and in London who have been notified, Rein said. No further information was available at this time, he said.
Brick Sgt. David Bedrosian on Wednesday said showed the tractor-trailer was turning right on Coolidge after being stopped at a red traffic light when Magan, who was riding his bicycle along the right edge of Route 88, apparently rode into the passenger side of the truck's cab and was knocked off his bicycle into the road, where he was then hit by the right rear tires of the tractor-trailer.
The driver of the tractor trailer, James J. Southrey, 47, of Sewell, and an unidentified firefighter immediately began to administer CPR to Magan. Core Care, a passing private ambulance service, also rendered assistance until other medical services arrived on scene, Bedrosian said.
Brick Police EMS as well as MONOC paramedics also responded to take Magan to Ocean Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The crash remains under investigation.
What if that was one of your family members? The world doesn't need idiots like you... Yet the good people always die to soon... Rest in Peace Suresh
A bike is a motor vehicle. Bike riders can be issued the same summons you get driving a car. No passing on the right, if he was in a car he would have had the same accident yet most likely still be alive.
What it boils down to is a tragic accident in which a family has lost a relative who is far from home, and in which another man has to live with the fact that he just crushed a man to death, regardless of who was at fault. You assume that the bicyclist didn't yield to the right of the way of the truck, but from my experience, a tractor trailer is much bigger and fast than any bike on the road, and it would stand to logic that the driver of the truck passed the bicyclist as he approached the intersection. He should have been well aware that there may be someone on his right. It's truly a shame that people like you don't know how to take the bigger picture into account before opening their mouths. My only thought when I heard about this was that it wasn't someone I know. It turns out it was and it is a sad day for everyone involved. Your first thought was to place blame on someone. What a shame.
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"Brick Sgt. David Bedrosian on Wednesday said the initial investigation showed the tractor-trailer was turning right on Coolidge after being stopped at a red traffic light when Magan, who was riding his bicycle along the right edge of Route 88, apparently rode into the passenger side of the truck's cab and was knocked off his bicycle into the road, where he was then hit by the right rear tires of the tractor-trailer."
No other legal system in the world would do this for someone in a similar circumstance.
I'd like to talk to you about Sandy. Thank you
ANYWAY..................... Every state has the same law. If you hit a pedestrian or bicyclist in any state, whether it a motorcycle, car or truck, you are 100% in the wrong. Doesn't matter what the circumstances are, the driver is in the wrong. Its called pedestrian right away. I drove for for goya, and I was ALWAYS alert to what was around me at all times. I am sure that the prosecutors office will look at his log and review all the factors and then decide what to do and what charges need to be filed, if any. My OPINION is no matter what, its tragic on everyone. RIP Sandy, you were a hard worker and brought many smiles, to many of us.
for example there was a guy on a bike who was struck by a cop in PP on Rt.88 and the bicyclist was found to be at fault. @califwino; you are exactly correct with your statement of; "Doesn't anyone pay attention to what the article says....investigation showed the tractor-trailer was turning right on Coolidge after being stopped at a red traffic light when Magan, who was riding his bicycle along the right edge of Route 88, apparently rode into the passenger side of the truck's cab and was knocked off his bicycle into the road, where he was then hit by the right rear tires of the tractor-trailer." I happened to be at one of the busineses on that corner today and spoke to someone who saw the whole accident & the truck driver was already committed to his turn and well into the turn when the bicyclist rode directly into it. @WMS826 this is wrong also; "A bike is a motor vehicle....No passing on the right" Bicycles,mopeds unicycles skateboards are required to travel in the same direction of traffic,follow the same rules of the road but are also required to stay as far to the right as possible. There is not such thing that a bicycle,moped or any other wheeled(non car)vechicle may not pass on the right. I can't believe people who think bikes should not be passing stopped traffic just because they ride the shoulder.
http://www.bayheadnj.org/bhnj/Announcements/Bicycle%20Safety.html/_top http://www.chathamborough.org/chatham/Departments/Emergency/Police/Activities/Traffic%20Safety%20Unit/
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/bike/regulations.shtm
And if you read correctly it said that the tractor trailer was turning right while the the man was biking on the right. What that sounds like is the tractor trailer cut on front of him when the accident happened. I think people can only respond with anger when someone writes something as cynical as your comment
You people get your breaks, then complain the cops do not enforce the laws and EVERYONE ELSE is driving crazy.