AMERICAN IDO CONTESTANT KILLED

Police arrested a 23-year-old Toms River man in connection with the death of "American Idol" contestant Alexis Cohen.

Daniel Bark was arrested at 6 p.m. Sunday in Atlantic Highlands on charges of causing Cohen's death by reckless driving and then leaving the scene of the collision.

Alexis Cohen, 25, who appeared in the audition rounds in two seasons of Idol, was struck by a car and killed.

Cohen was found by a driver and a passenger laying on the side of the road early Saturday morning, police officials told ET. Cohen was transported to Community Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 6:30 a.m.