Police: Teenage dirt bike rider killed in Cape May County crash
The truck driver told police that they saw the dirt bike approaching at a high rate of speed and tried to stop.
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A 17-year-old dirt bike rider was killed during a crash involving a municipal trash truck Tuesday in Cape May County, according to police.
Investigators say the truck collided with the boy around 11:30 a.m. as the driver turned right from Bayshore Road onto Atlantic Avenue.
The truck driver told police that they saw the dirt bike approaching at a high rate of speed and tried to stop.
Witnesses said that the truck was only going five miles per hour.
Anyone with additional information is urged to contact police, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office or Crimestoppers.
