Crime & Safety
Two Jackson Teens Killed in Manchester Crash
The cause of the crash is undetermined and still under investigation by members of the Traffic Safety Bureau and Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.
Two Jackson teenagers were killed killed Sunday in a car crash in Manchester, according to Township Police.
Brandon Simms, 18, and a 17-year-old male juvenile whom police did not identify were killed in the crash, which occurred Sunday around 6:15.
Simms was driving a white 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse convertible south on County Route 547, near the commercial gate to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, when it crossed into the north bound lane and hit a black 2000 Ford F150 pickup that was heading northbound on County Route 547 in the Ridgeway section
according to a press release from Police Chief Brian Klimakowski.
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The driver of the Ford pickup, Stanley A. Lellig, a 46-year-old from Howell, was properly restrained at the time of the collision, police said. He was transported to Kimball Medical Center in Lakewood where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries to his chest and later released. There are no charges filed against Lellig at this time.
The cause of the crash is undetermined and still under investigation by members of the Traffic Safety Bureau and Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, police said.
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Assisting at the scene were the Manchester Township and Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Departments, Paramedics from MONOC, Quality Medical Transport, Manchester Volunteer First Aid Squad, Ocean County Prosecutors Office, the Ocean County Criminalistics Investigation Unit, the Ocean County Road Department, and the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The crash is under investigation by Patrolman Antonio Ellis and Patrolman Ian Bole from the Manchester Township Traffic Safety Bureau.
