2 pedestrians killed in N.J. county in past week

Two pedestrians were killed after being struck by vehicles in Middlesex County in the past week, authorities said.
The most recent took place on Route 1 in Edison at 4:06 a.m. Monday, according to New Jersey State Police fatal crash data.
Edison police haven’t provided information to NJ Advance Media about the incident.
Days earlier, a 24-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed on Route 27 in the area of Hidden Lake Drive in North Brunswick, township police said.
Jaidyn Bell, of the Somerset section of Franklin died of his injuries after he was hit by a northbound SUV at about 9 p.m. on Oc 28, officials said.
The driver stopped at the scene. When North Brunswick police arrived, a Franklin police officer who was in the area was treating Bell, authorities said.
The crash took place near Elm Ridge Cemetery on the North Brunswick-Franklin border.
Anyone with information is asked to North Brunswick police officer William Bonura at 732-247-0922 x327.
In the Edison crash, News 12 New Jersey said a 63-year-old man was struck and while trying to cross Route at the intersection of Plainfield Avenue. The driver, a 19-year-old from Jersey City, was traveling through a green light at about 4:15 a.m. when he hit the Trenton resident. The driver stopped at the scene and is not facing charges, the television station said.
The pedestrian has not been identified.
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