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Update: Police ID Bicyclist, Driver Dead In Route 9 Head-On Crash

A bicyclist and the driver of a vehicle that hit him head on after crossing the Route 9 center line in Berkeley Township both died, authorities said.

First responders at the scene of a bicycle-car collision on Route 9 in Berkeley.

First responders at the scene of a bicycle-car collision on Route 9 in Berkeley.

Photo Credit: Ocean County Scanner News

Frank Brooks, 31, of Beachwood, was riding on the shoulder of the northbound lane when a southbound vehicle driven by Jeffrey Martin, 41, of Bayville drifted over and hit him between John F. Kennedy and Sylvan Lakes boulevards around 2:30 p.m. Monday, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.

Both men were pronounced dead at the scene, the prosecutor said.

Billhimer's Vehicular Homicide Unit and Berkeley Township police were investigating, he said.

The crash temporarily closed the highway in both directions.

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