Attorney General’s Office Investigating Fatal Accident Involving Police Vehicle And Bicyclist In Atlantic City
By Insider NJ |
July 16, 2021, 7:16 pm | in News
The Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation of a motor vehicle accident involving a police vehicle and a bicyclist that occurred on June 18 in Atlantic City. The bicyclist was critically injured and died in the hospital one week later.
The decedent has been identified as Everett Stern, 63, of Atlantic City, N.J.
According to the preliminary investigation, a uniformed officer of the Atlantic City Police Department was operating a marked patrol vehicle northbound on Arkansas Avenue en route to a routine call for service, with no lights or siren activated, when the accident occurred at approximately 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of Arkansas Avenue and Arctic Avenue. Mr. Stern was traveling eastbound on Arctic Avenue when his bicycle struck the driver side of the police vehicle. The officer called for emergency medical personnel and immediately began rendering aid to Mr. Stern. Mr. Stern was taken by ambulance to Atlanticare Regional Medical Center, where he died on June 25.