Teen E-Bike Rider Killed In Atlantic County Crash

SOMERS POINT, NJ — An Egg Harbor Township teenager was killed Thursday night in a crash involving an electric bike and a motor vehicle, Somers Point police said Saturday.

The 14-year-old boy's name was not released. He was riding the e-bike when he was hit by a vehicle shortly before 8 p.m. on Thursday in the area of Maryland Avenue and the Bike Path, Police Chief Robert Somers said.

He was taken to the Atlantic Care Trauma Center by Egg Harbor Township Rescue then flown to Cooper Trauma Center, where he succumbed to his injuries, Somers said.

The driver of the other vehicle, a 47-year-old Philadelphia woman, and her juvenile passengers were not injured, he said.

Somers said neither speed nor alcohol were believed to be a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation. The Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office is assisting in the investigation.