Frelinghuysen Township approves resolution supporting renaming of I-80 overpass in honor of roadside worker killed in hit-and-run crash

The Frelinghuysen Township Committee has approved a resolution supporting the renaming of the State Park Road overpass on Interstate 80 in memory of Ethan Patrick Schultz, a 20-year-old roadside service technician who was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash while assisting a disabled tractor-trailer last year.

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The resolution, adopted Nov.

12, supports renaming the overpass near milepost 14 as the "Ethan Patrick Schultz Memorial Bridge." Schultz's father, Jason Schultz, attended the meeting and received a copy of the resolution, marking a step forward in the family's effort to honor his son and raise awareness about the dangers faced by roadside workers.

The family's petition has received 3,935 signatures, and Jason Schultz said state Sen.

Doug Steinhardt has provided him with a draft bill that he plans to introduce in the state Senate before the end of November.

Schultz also said he is awaiting a corresponding bill from members of the state Assembly. Schultz, of Bangor, Pennsylvania, was killed Oct.

23, 2025, just four days before his 21st birthday, while assisting a disabled tractor-trailer along Interstate 80 West in Frelinghuysen Township.

According to New Jersey State Police, a Freightliner tractor-trailer had become disabled on the right shoulder near milepost 14.