Crime & Safety
Man Found Dead on Hartshorne Woods Park Trail
The 67-year old man apparently died from a medical event, said police.
A man apparently died during a hike at Hartshorne Woods Park on Wednesday afternoon, Middletown Police Detective Lt. Stephen Dollinger said.
William Bennett, 67, of Viola Avenue in the Leonardo section of Middlletown, was found by a bicyclist on the Grand Tour Trail of the park, just over the Rumson border in the Locust section of Middletown, at about 3:30 p.m.
The investigation by police determined that Bennett was hiking along the trail when he suffered some sort of a medical episode which resulted in his death.
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Detective Daniel Sullivan, of the Middletown Police Department, and Detective Andrea Tozzi, of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, conducted the investigation.
Hartshorne Woods is part of the Monmouth County Park System. It is a 787-acre site overlooking the Navesink River, with entry points in the Locust section of Middletown and Highlands. It has 14 miles of trails and is open year round. The Grand Tour is a black diamond trail.
