Red Bank man charged in fatal hit-and-run in Shrewsbury

FREEHOLD – A Red Bank man has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that left one pedestrian dead in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said Friday.

Jose Rodriguez-Jimenez, 40, was charged with one count of second-degree knowingly leaving the scene of an accident under certain circumstances, Santiago said.

Shortly after 2:45 a.m. on August 5, Shrewsbury Police responded to a 911 call for an unresponsive male lying on Shrewsbury Avenue, in the right northbound lane, Santiago said. The pedestrian, later identified as 23-year-old Mariano Codallos-Tepepa of Brick, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

An investigation into the collision determined that Codallos-Tepepa was struck by a Ford Econoline van, driven by Rodriguez-Jimenez, Santiago said. Rodriguez-Jimenez did not stop at the time of the accident at the scene, nor did he report the collision to law enforcement, authorities said.

Jenna Calderón covers breaking news and cold cases in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Before coming to the Press, she covered The Queen City for Cincinnati Magazine in Ohio. Contact her at 330-590-3903; jcalderon@gannettnj.com

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