3 now charged after Lumberton father struck and killed on the job on NJ highway Dan Alexander Published: September 3, 2025 Allen Adams, left. (Melanie Steinmetz via GoFundMe)

🚨Allen Adams was working on a road crew in Lakewood in the middle of the night

🚨He was struck by a car driven by Douglas Smith, 51, of Lakehurst

🚨Two women were charged with giving false information to detectives about Smith

LUMBERTON — Three people have been charged in the death of a road worker.

Allen Adams, 50, of Lumberton, was working in the early morning hours of July 31 with a crew along Lakewood Road (Route 9) near Raymond Road in Toms River when he was struck by a vehicle headed north, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.

The driver, Douglas Smith, 51, of Lakehurst ,

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