ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – On Sunday, the Atlantic City Police Department reported a fatal motorcycle crash. Patrol officers responded to a call at mile marker 54 on the eastbound lanes of Route 30.

They found that the rider, Pearl Matthews, a 61-year-old man from Pleasantville,, had been ejected from his motorcycle and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Initial investigations suggest that Matthews veered off the road and hit a pole, and no other vehicles were involved in the accident.