NEW JERSEY STATE TROOPER MARC K CASTELLANO
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HOWELL — A State Police trooper was struck and killed by a car Sunday morning while searching for two occupants of an abandoned vehicle on Interstate 195.
Trooper Marc K. Castellano, 29, who lived in this township, was struck by the car just before 10 a.m. on Interstate 195 west near the Exit 31 ramp, State Police Capt. Gerald Lewis Jr. said.
No information on the driver of the car that struck the trooper was released. Onlookers, however, saw a black Volkswagen with a shattered windshield on the shoulder of the accident scene.
The driver of the abandoned vehicle, which was found in the same location but was not the vehicle which struck Castellano, was found hiding in the bushes of this heavily wooded area a short time later. Diana Hoffman, 30, of Blackwood, Camden County, was arrested and charges are pending.
Authorities are questioning the validity of Hoffman's claim that an unidentified man was a passenger in her vehicle. A search of the area for that suspect, described as a bald black man, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, was suspended Sunday night, State Police said.
State Police revealed few details as to why Castellano was involved in the search for Hoffman, why she abandoned the car and apparently was fleeing, and how the chase began. More than 100 emergency vehicles, including armored trucks, were at the scene for hours. Nearby residents said they heard helicopters hovering above them as early as 9 a.m.
Castellano was married with two children. He graduated from the State Police Training Academy in September 2004, and was a member of the Troop C Tactical Patrol Unit.
1, www.app.com/article/20100606/NEW ... source=rss
2, www.odmp.org/officer/20413-troop ... castellano
Please visit all attached links including the memorial page and leave your thoughts, prayers and condolences as I personally knew Marc and his family very well. He was a graduate of Jackson Memorial High School and Ocean County Community College, he was a well rounded person proficient student and accomplished athlete.
REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND!!!!
NEW JERSEY STATE TROOPER MARC K CASTELLANO was created by rattlehead
HOWELL — A State Police trooper was struck and killed by a car Sunday morning while searching for two occupants of an abandoned vehicle on Interstate 195.
Trooper Marc K. Castellano, 29, who lived in this township, was struck by the car just before 10 a.m. on Interstate 195 west near the Exit 31 ramp, State Police Capt. Gerald Lewis Jr. said.
No information on the driver of the car that struck the trooper was released. Onlookers, however, saw a black Volkswagen with a shattered windshield on the shoulder of the accident scene.
The driver of the abandoned vehicle, which was found in the same location but was not the vehicle which struck Castellano, was found hiding in the bushes of this heavily wooded area a short time later. Diana Hoffman, 30, of Blackwood, Camden County, was arrested and charges are pending.
Authorities are questioning the validity of Hoffman's claim that an unidentified man was a passenger in her vehicle. A search of the area for that suspect, described as a bald black man, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, was suspended Sunday night, State Police said.
State Police revealed few details as to why Castellano was involved in the search for Hoffman, why she abandoned the car and apparently was fleeing, and how the chase began. More than 100 emergency vehicles, including armored trucks, were at the scene for hours. Nearby residents said they heard helicopters hovering above them as early as 9 a.m.
Castellano was married with two children. He graduated from the State Police Training Academy in September 2004, and was a member of the Troop C Tactical Patrol Unit.
1, www.app.com/article/20100606/NEW ... source=rss
2, www.odmp.org/officer/20413-troop ... castellano
Please visit all attached links including the memorial page and leave your thoughts, prayers and condolences as I personally knew Marc and his family very well. He was a graduate of Jackson Memorial High School and Ocean County Community College, he was a well rounded person proficient student and accomplished athlete.
REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND!!!!
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