Crime & Safety
Retired Cop Dies In South Jersey Motorcycle Crash: Authorities
He was thrown off the bike along White Horse Pike.
WATERFORD, NJ — A former Haddonfield Police Department officer died after a motorcycle crash on Wednesday.
At around 6:20 p.m., officers responded to the area of the White Horse Pike near Briarcliff Road for a report of a crash involving the driver of a motorcycle who was seriously hurt, the Waterford Township Police Department said.
John Burger III, 57, of Tabernacle, was driving a three-wheeled bike and hit a vehicle that was stopped in traffic. He was then ejected from the motorcycle.
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Burger was taken to Virtua Voorhees Hospital where he was later declared dead.
On Thursday, the Haddonfield Police Department remembered Burger, who served from 2001 through 2019 "with honor, integrity, and compassion."
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