3 Hospitalized After Jeep Collides With Dirtbike in Galloway

Three people were hospitalized after an accident involving a jeep and a dirt bike Saturday night, Galloway Township Police said.

Anthony Dagostino, 81, of Galloway Township, was traveling north on the 100 block of North Frankfurt Avenue in a 2007 Black Jeep Grand Cherokee when he struck a blue Yamaha YZF dirt bike that was being operated by a 13-year-old Galloway Township boy around 7 p.m.

The initial police investigation reveals the teenager exited a driveway without stopping and entered the road on his dirt bike. After the collision, the jeep went off the road and hit a tree.

Dagostino and his passenger were both transported to Atlanticare Regional Medical Center Mainland Division for minor injuries.

The teenager was transported to Atlanticare Regional Medical Center City Division for non-life threatening injuries.

Both vehicles were severely damaged as a result of the collision.

The investigation into the accident is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the investigating officer, Patrolman Nicholas Stewart, at 609-652-3705, ext. 107.