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NJ motorcyclist killed in crash with ambulance

Motorcycle collided head-on with ambulance transporting a patient

By Kelly Heyboer
The Star-Ledger

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ — A Jackson Township motorcyclist was killed when he collided with an ambulance taking an elderly woman to the hospital late last night, authorities said.

Charles Childs, 27, was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle on North Hope Chapel Road shortly before midnight when he crossed the center line and hit the southbound ambulance, police said.

The crew from the Jackson First Aid Squad immediately jumped out of the ambulance to assist Childs, authorities said. He was later pronounced dead at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

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