EGG HARBOR TWP, NJ – An 18-year-old Egg Harbor male was struck and injured while riding his bike on the Black Horse Pike, police said on Monday.
At about 2:36 pm, on Monday, the Egg Harbor Township Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a bicyclist that occurred on the Black Horse Pike near the intersection of Uibel Avenue.
“A 2012 GMC Terrain, operated by Dana Sessoms, 50 years old from Atlantic City, was traveling eastbound on the Black Horse Pike in the area of Uibel Ave. when Andrew Gonzalez, 18 years old from Egg Harbor Township, rode his bicycle from the shoulder into the roadway, crossing in front of Ms. Sessoms vehicle,” the Egg Harbor Township Police said in a statement. “The GMC struck Mr. Gonzalez in the fast lane of travel on the Black Horse Pike, and he was thrown from his bicycle to the ground.”
Mr. Gonzalez was transported to the AtlantiCare Hospital in Atlantic City after sustaining serious injuries. Ms. Sessoms and the passengers in her vehicle were uninjured in the crash.
