新泽西收费公路施工区肇事逃逸：曼彻斯特消防队长弗拉纳根殉职，司机被控加重误杀
据新泽西州警方通报，2026年10月13日凌晨3时52分，新泽西收费公路（New Jersey Turnpike）南向外侧车道、米德尔塞克斯县爱迪生市（Edison）境内87.7英里标处的一处施工区发生致命车祸。47岁、住在曼彻斯特镇的布赖恩·弗拉纳根（Brian Flanagan）当时正在有标志的施工区内随道路施工队作业，一辆 GMC 运动型多用途车闯入施工区将他撞倒，弗拉纳根伤重不治。
州警发言人、一级警长查尔斯·马尔尚（Charles Marchan）表示，事发时施工区设有明确标志，并已封闭两条车道。肇事司机没有停车，撞人后逃离现场。经初步调查，州警确认司机为40岁的爱迪生市居民安东尼·伯纳迪（Anthony Bernardi），并将其逮捕。
伯纳迪被控一级加重误杀罪、二级车辆杀人罪以及二级肇事逃逸致人死亡罪，目前关押在米德尔塞克斯县监狱，等待拘留听证。上述指控尚待法庭审理裁定。
弗拉纳根是曼彻斯特镇里奇韦志愿消防公司（Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company）的队长。该消防公司发表声明悼念称，他不仅是队长，也是同事们的家人和兄弟，他的离去在众人心中留下无法填补的空缺。消息传开后，州内多家消防机构和社区民众纷纷表达哀悼。
Manchester Fire Chief Killed in NJ Turnpike Work-Zone Hit-and-Run; Driver Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter
A Manchester Township fire chief was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while working in a construction zone on the New Jersey Turnpike in Edison early on October 13, 2026, according to New Jersey State Police. Brian Flanagan, 47, of Manchester, was working with a roadway crew inside a marked construction area on the turnpike's southbound outer roadway near milepost 87.7 in Middlesex County when a GMC SUV entered the work zone and struck him at 3:52 a.m. Flanagan sustained fatal injuries.
State Police spokesman Sgt. First Class Charles Marchan said the work zone was properly marked and two lanes were closed at the time. The driver did not stop and fled the scene. Following a preliminary investigation, State Police identified the driver as Anthony Bernardi, 40, of Edison, and arrested him.
Bernardi was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree vehicular homicide, and second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a fatality. He is being held at the Middlesex County Jail pending a detention hearing. The charges are allegations and remain to be decided in court.
Flanagan served as chief of the Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company in Manchester Township. In a statement, the fire company remembered him not only as its chief but as a husband, father, uncle, friend and brother to its members, saying his loss leaves a hole that can never be filled. Fire departments across the state and members of the community expressed grief and condolences as news of his death spread.
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