Detectives are investigating after a man was found lying dead in the road in Pleasantville before dawn Wednesday.
The man was found just after 1 am. in the outer westbound lane of the Black Horse Pike near Chestnut Street wearing a medical bracelet, indicating he was recently released from the hospital, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner said.
He has been identified as Rickie Jackson, 54, of Pleasantville.
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Crash Investigations Unit is assisting the Pleasantville Police Department with the investigation.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the Prosecutor’s Office at 609-909-7692. Information also may be called into Pleasantville police at 609-641-6100.