Pedestrian killed by pickup in Bloomfield was Habitat for Humanity volunteer, family says – NJ.com

The man killed in a pedestrian crash Friday on a Bloomfield street has been identified as an engineer and longtime volunteer who helped build Habitat for Humanity homes across the country.

Patrick D. Forsyth, 59, was born in Montclair, raised in West Orange and had lived in Bloomfield since 2000, according to his obituary.

For the past 15 years, Forsyth helped organize and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity projects in places like New Orleans and West Virginia, and closer to home in Newark and Morris County, his family said in the obituary.

He was also actively involved with Grace Episcopal Church in Nutley, his family said.

“When it came to giving back to his community and the world, Patrick was always the highly-skilled, level-headed person with a ready smile and easy wit,” his family said.

Forsyth was an engineer and had served as shop steward for Local 68 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, which he joined in 1983.

Pedestrian struck and killed in Bloomfield

The crash occurred about 8:30 a.m. Friday as Forsyth walked across Broad and James streets near his home on Greenbrook Drive. Forsyth was taken by ambulance to University Hospital, where he died a short time later.

The driver remained at the scene and the crash is under investigation, Bloomfield police said.

In addition to Alice, his wife of 44 years, Forsyth is survived by nieces, nephews, and the children and grandchildren of his cousins and friends.

A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Nutley.

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