Suspect charged in fatal pedestrian accident

FREEHOLD — Jose Rodriguez-Jimenez, 40, of Red Bank, has been charged in connection with leaving the scene of an accident that left a pedestrian dead in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced in a release on  Aug. 23.

The pedestrian was identified as Mariano Codallos-Tepepa, 23, of Brick Township.

Rodriguez-Jimenez was charged with leaving the scene of an accident under certain circumstances.

On Monday, Aug. 5, shortly after 2:45 a.m., members of the Shrewsbury Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call for an unresponsive male lying in the roadway on Shrewsbury Avenue, in the right northbound lane. The pedestrian, Codallos-Tepepa, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

An investigation into the collision involving members of the Monmouth County Serious Collision Analysis Response Team (SCART), the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office – Major Crimes Bureau and the Shrewsbury Police Department determined that Codallos-Tepepa was struck by a Ford Econoline van driven by Rodriguez-Jimenez.

Rodriguez-Jimenez did not stop at the time of the accident at the scene, nor did he report the collision to law enforcement, the prosecutor said.

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