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Rider on Truck Killed

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DIAS CREEK – Middle Township Police Department responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash on Highs Beach Road in Dias Creek June 6 at approximately 8:30 a.m.  
The preliminary investigation of the scene revealed a Gold Medal Environmental trash truck, driven by Marcus Stotts, 35, of Villas, was travelling east on Highs Beach Road when it ran off the roadway and sideswiped a utility pole. 
An employee of Gold Medal Environmental, Christopher Rice, 44, of Pleasantville, N.J., was riding on the side step to the rear of the vehicle. Rice also struck the utility pole.
Middle Township EMS and AtlantiCare Medics performed CPR on Rice at the scene and transported him to Cape Regional Medical Center. Rice was pronounced dead a short time later. 
No charges have been filed at this time. The investigation is still pending. 
Patrolman Thomas Flounders and the Middle Township Fatal Crash Team are investigating. 

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