Helmetta Fire Chief Killed In South Brunswick Motorcycle Crash

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Christopher Acs, chief of the Helmetta Fire Department was killed in a motorcycle crash in South Brunswick Monday.

Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Raymond Hayducka of the South Brunswick Police Department made the announcement Tuesday.

On Monday at 3:21 p.m., authorities responded to the intersection of Georges Road and Summerfield Boulevard following the report of a crash. Acs, 47, was traveling northbound on a motorcycle on Georges Road when it was struck by a 2019 Honda Odyssey, Ciccone said. Acs succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A resident of Jamesburg, Acs was a 28-year veteran of the Helmetta Fire Department and also served as a Deputy Warden with the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service, B - Division, Section 10.

"He was a devoted, dedicated member who worked tirelessly on the apparatus and the building throughout the years. His efforts on behalf of the Borough of Helmetta will be sorely missed," the fire department said in a statement on Facebook.

The investigation is active and continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Patrolman First-Class Jason Gassman of the South Brunswick Police Department at (732) 329-4000 X 7432 or Detective Jonathan Berman of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4328.

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