Deshon Johnson of Montclair would routinely walk 20 minutes from Montclair to take a five-minute bus ride down Bloomfield's Broad Street to his Home Depot job, a friend told Bloomfield Life.
PHOTO COURTSEY JAMES LITTLE
A bus struck and killed Montclair resident Deshon Johnson, 22, in Bloomfield on Wednesday.
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Police investigate the fatality on Wednesday at Broad Street and Bay Avenue in Bloomfield.
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray on Thursday identified Johnson as the man struck and killed Wednesday by a bus at the Bloomfield intersection of Broad Street and Bay Avenue.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office and Bloomfield
police are investigating the incident. The preliminary suspicion is
that Johnson was rushing to catch Bus 709 to get to his job when he was
hit, according to authorities. He was pronounced dead at 10:54 a.m.
No charges have been filed at this time, and the investigation is ongoing, authorities added.
The prosecutor's office stated Johnson was an Essex County Community College student.
"Deshon was only 22, and he did not want to die," said his friend James Little in an email to Bloomfield
Life. "He had a lot of friends and family who cared about him and
[will] miss him. If there is any justice to be served, we pray that it
will be."
An NJ Transit spokesperson said the bus operated
through Coach USA and referred questions to that company. Coach
representative Steven Van Horn said Wednesday he had no information on
the accident. Other calls to Van Horn have not been returned.
Email: frankel@northjersey.com
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