As of Tuesday, Dec. 5, the Harvey Cedars Police Department was investigating a Dec. 1 pedestrian accident that took the life of an 86-year-old Little Egg Harbor Township man.

Police Chief Robert Burnaford said Ralph Alston was crossing Long Beach Boulevard at 80th Street at 5 p.m. when he was hit by a vehicle driven by Bladimir Montalvo Hernandez, 34, of Tuckerton. Hernandez was driving south in a 2007 Ford F-150. The driver was not injured.