Daniel Bogacz, 63, of Beach Haven, is currently in critical condition at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, where he was airlifted after being struck by a 2020 Jeep Liberty while riding his bicycle on Long Beach Boulevard in North Beach on Wednesday, April 8. “The Jeep Liberty did not stop to render aid, but instead made a u-turn and accelerated past the injured victim,” the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office explained.

Further investigation revealed the driver of the vehicle to be John Madden, 41, of Little Egg Harbor Township. Both men were traveling northbound at the time of the incident.

Members of the Long Beach Township Police Department were summoned after report of the hit-and-run. An investigation by the township police, along with the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, “revealed that Madden was, in fact, the driver of the Jeep Liberty and that he was operating the…