A man stopped to help another driver in Galloway Township, New Jersey. His ex-wife said he would stop all the time to help others.
A man on his way to work who stopped to help a woman and her son after their car became disabled on a dark New Jersey road wound up dead.
A car struck Kenneth Chivalette as he and Brandon Pilecki pushed the broken down car off Pomona Road near Vera King Ferris Drive in Egg Harbor City around 4:30 a.m. Friday, Galloway Township police said.
The 52-year-old Good Samaritan died at the scene while Pilecki suffered minor injuries, police said.
"It’s a tragedy. He died helping others," ex-wife Clara Chivalette told NBC10’s Ted Greenberg.
Chivalette, a Galloway Township resident, was on his way to work in North Jersey when he spotted the people in need of help and did what he normally did in that situation -- stop to help, Clara Chivalette said.
“He was a great human being," Clara Chivalette said. "He always liked to go out of his way for others and that’s how he died this morning. Trying to help a lady on the road who was broken down.”
The driver of the striking Honda Civic remained at the scene, after calling 911, and no charges were immediately filed.
