MYRTLE BEACH, SC : A motorcycle wreck on Saturday, May 27, 2017
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
An off duty police officer from Connecticut has died in a motorcycle wreck along the South Carolina coast.
The Horry County Coroner’s office told media outlets that 31-year-old Edward Douglas Jr. fell off his motorcycle around 4:20 a.m. Saturday.
Further details about the wreck were not released.
New Haven, Connecticut, police said in a news release that Douglas worked for the force since 2013 and was currently assigned to the city’s narcotics unit.
Thousands of bikers come to Myrtle Beach for an informal motorcycle festival each Memorial Day weekend.
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Off-duty Conn. Officer killed in S Carolina motorcycle crash