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At approximately 6:39 p.m. on Monday, Ocean Township police responded to a call of an erratic driver who was traveling north on Route 9, and the officer saw a vehicle traveling north on Main Street with a person lying on the hood of the vehicle. Prior to the accident, the driver, later identified as Marcos A. Ortega, 33, of Little Egg Harbor Township, was driving north on Route 9 when he allegedly crossed into the northbound shoulder and struck the male victim, and then continued driving the vehicle for 1.5 miles before being stopped by Patrolman Flatt.