Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset
Neil Torian Van De Putte
July 5, 2015 · Lacey Township, Ocean County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Neil Torian Van De Putte
- Age as recorded
- 25
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- European-American/White
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- July 5, 2015
- Location as recorded
- Lacey Township, Ocean CountyLacey Rd and Deerhead Lake Dr Lacey Township NJ 08731 Ocean
- Highest level of force as recorded
- Vehicle
Where the dataset places it
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Agencies as recorded
Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Lacey Township Police Department
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The source's account
Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.
Van De Putte was crossing against a traffic signal early Sunday morning when he was struck by a Lacey Township patrol car on its way to another call. Van De Putte died at a nearby hospital, and the officer was treated for minor injuries.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: http://patch.com/new-jersey/lacey/toms-river-man-struck-killed-lacey-police-cruiser-0? (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 31 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2015, and one of 28 it holds for Ocean County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Records from the same county and year
- Francis D. Hartnett (2015) November 17, 2015
- Julian Hoffman (2015) August 23, 2015
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Neil Torian Van De Putte died on July 5, 2015 in Lacey Township, Ocean County, with "Vehicle" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.
Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?
The record's agency field reads "Lacey Township Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.
Where did this happen?
The record places the death in Lacey Township, Ocean County, on July 5, 2015. The address as recorded is Lacey Rd and Deerhead Lake Dr Lacey Township NJ 08731 Ocean.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 11988. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩