Roselle man dies after being hit while riding scooter in Linden
LINDEN – A Roselle man died Wednesday after he was struck by a car while riding a scooter at the intersection of North Wood Avenue and Gibbons Street.
Police responded around 2:30 p.m. to the intersection where arriving officers located the victim, unidentified by police, trapped under a car, said Linden Police Capt. Christopher Guenther.
Firefighters quickly freed the man, but he was pronounced dead at a local hospital, Guenther said.
A preliminary investigation determined the car was traveling southbound on North Wood Avenue, making a left turn onto East Gibbons Street, when it struck the scooter traveling south in the northbound lanes.
The driver of the car was not injured, Guenther said.
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