VINELAND, NJ : Child, man killed in motorcycle crash near Vineland sports complex on Thursday, 12th September 2024

A 9-year-old boy and a 31-year-old man were killed in a crash Thursday evening near the entrance to a sports complex in Cumberland County in New Jersey, according to police.

The deadly crash happened just before 6 p.m. in the area of Maple Avenue and Becker Drive near the entrance to the Joseph E. Romano Sports Complex, Vineland Police Department announced in a news release Friday.

According to police, Addiel Ortiz, 31, of Millville, was driving the motorcycle eastbound on Maple Avenue when it struck a Chevrolet Traverse, traveling west on Maple, trying to make a left turn into the sports complex's entrance.

Police said due to the impact of the crash, both Ortiz and the 9-year-old boy, who was in the backseat of the Chevy, were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Chevy, Lauren Beisler, 42, of Ocean View, New Jersey, wasn't injured in the crash, according to police.

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