EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ – On Thursday, August 5, 2021 at approximately 11:45 AM, the Egg Harbor Township Police Department responded to the area of Zion Road and Central Avenue, in the Bargaintown section of the township, for a motor vehicle crash.
A 2005 Harley Davidson motorcycle, that was being operated by Joseph Falcone, 54 years of age from Egg Harbor Township, was traveling west on Zion Road when a 2012 Ford F450 truck, operated by William Wellington, 39 years of age from Egg Harbor Township, attempted to make a left turn onto Central Avenue. The truck crossed into the path of the Harley Motorcycle and there was a serious crash.
As a result of the crash, Falcone sustained multiple traumatic injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. No one else involved in the crash were injured. Zion Road was shut down and detoured for approximately 3 hours so the crash could be investigated and cleared. Sergeant Lawrence Graham, Officer Robert Moran, and Officer Louis Poletis of the Egg Harbor Township Police Department Traffic Safety Unit. are investigating the crash.