Juvenile Critically Injured In Dirt Bike Crash

BERKELEY – A juvenile was critically injured in a crash involving two vehicles and a dirt bike at the intersection of Route 9 and Serpentine Drive, Berkeley Township police said.

Officers responding to the July 10 incident found a Kawasaki dirt bike and two vehicles with visible damage. The juvenile rider was observed with life-threatening injuries and was later airlifted from the ShopRite Plaza on Route 9 to Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

An initial investigation determined the dirt bike, which was not street legal and lacked a headlight, had been traveling southbound on Route 9 at a high rate of speed while passing vehicles on the…