Motorcyclist Killed In Gloucester Township Crash: Police

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — A motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Gloucester Township overnight, police said.

Police responded to the area of Hickstown Road west of Erial Road for a person lying off the roadway next to a motorcycle at about 1:36 a.m. Wednesday morning, police said.

Arriving officers and medics found the person off the road with no pulse and suffering from unknown injuries, police said. Attempts to resuscitate the motorcyclist were unsuccessful. The motorcyclist, who has not been identified by police, was pronounced deceased on the scene.

Police believe the motorcyclist went off the road into an area of brush and was ejected. Hickstown Road was closed for approximately two and a half hours during the initial stages of the investigation.

Anyone who saw the crash or has any information related to it is asked to contact the Gloucester Township Police Department at 856-228-4500 or the GTPD Anonymous Tip Line at 856-842-5560.

To send an anonymous tip via text message to the Gloucester Township Police Department is asked to text the keyword “TIPGLOTWPPD” and your tip message to 888777. You may also send an anonymous tip to http://local.nixle.com/tip/alert/5170177.